The 28th session of the Knesset, Israel's captive parliament, opened on Tuesday in Jerusalem. The new government has not yet been formed and Benjamin Netanyahu will remain as prime minister until then.
Netanyahu once again called for the establishment of a national unity government and said that Israel needs such a government to deal with external threats, including what he called "Iran's nuclear threat."
His words were intercepted by several opposition representatives. Naftali Bennett, the former Prime Minister of the POWs, interrupted his speech several times and asked why the official commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 ground attack by the extremist organization Hamas had not yet been established. He also questioned the possible connection of Netanyahu's advisers with Qatar and asked why Israel does not declare Qatar an "enemy state".