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Inauguration of Israel’s Knesset following election
The 120 members of the Knesset included a record 48 new law makers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli president Shimon Peres pose for a photograph with the heads of the parties of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) during a reception marking the opening of the 19th Knesset on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 120 members of the Knesset included a record 48 new law makers. (Getty Images)
Chairperson of The Movement (HaTnuah) party and former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 19th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 120 members included a record 48 new law makers. (Getty Images)
Naftali Bennett, head of Israel’s Jewish Home party attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 19th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 120 members of the Knesset included a record 48 new law makers. (Getty Images)
Yair Lapid leader of the Israeli Yesh Atid party attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 19th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 120 members included a record 48 new law makers. (Getty Images)
Israeli politician Yair Lapid (L), leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to Naftali Bennett, head of the Israeli hardline national religious party the Jewish Home (C) and Yaakov Litzman (R) head of the Agudat Yisrael Ultra orthodox party during a reception marking the opening of the 19th Knesset (Israeli parliament) on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 120 members of the Knesset included a record 48 new law makers. (Getty Images)
Members of the Knesset honor guard get ready ahead of a cermony marking the opening of the 19th Knesset (Israeli parliament) on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 120 members of the Knesset included a record 48 new law makers. (Getty Images)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara Netanyahu attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 19th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, on February 5, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Getty Images)
