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Israel swears in new parliament amid call for unity

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AP Jerusalem
Last Updated : Apr 30 2019 | 7:40 PM IST

Members of Israel's parliament are being sworn in at the Knesset, the country's legislature, three weeks after a tumultuous national election.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday delivered a message of national unity to the 120 members of parliament ahead of the swearing in ceremony in Jerusalem, calling upon them "to fight for our common home where secular, religious, ultra-Orthodox, Jews and Arabs ... right and left can find themselves equal."

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First Published: Apr 30 2019 | 7:40 PM IST

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