Israeli President Reuven Rivlin exhorted members of the newly elected Knesset members “to attend to the needs of the nation, saying ‘the time has come to return to the main players, during the inaugural session of the 120-member parliament in Jerusalem.
’When do you accept all Palestinians demands before any negotiation, on the issue of borders, Jerusalem or the the right of return, you are not a fair mediator,’’ said Silvan Shalom, who was Energy and Water Minister in the outgoing Netanyahu government.
Dutch Member of the European Parliament Bastiaan Belder believes that Europe should take a ‘’more constructive attitude’’ towards the upcoming new government of Israel.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for the remarks that he made last week about Arab Israeli voters during the day of general elections.