Bennett takes over as PM * Netanyahu vows to quickly ’save Israel’ from him * Horovitz Op-Ed: Netanyahu caused his own overdue exit * Biden call s; Diaspora sees a reset

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, June 14, 2021 [New government poses with Rivlin before getting down to brass tacks]( By [TOI staff]( [Incoming leaders take reins at a flurry of ceremonies and meetings, setting policy goals and taking fire from former ministers now in opposition]( [Lapid vows to rebuild international ties after ‘reckless’ last government]( By [TOI staff]( [At first cabinet meeting, Bennett, Lapid vow to work to make new government last]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Live updates [LIVE: After brief formal handover to Bennett, Netanyahu vows to ‘save Israel’ from him]( By [TOI staff]( [Former PM demands ‘iron discipline’ from opposition to topple new government; earlier meeting at PM’s office ended with no ceremony or photo op]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Israel awakes to its most representative government ever, courtesy of Netanyahu]( [Ex-PM, ironically, paved the path for new coalition. His shunning of the traditional handover of power, after his graceless Knesset speech, underlines why his departure was overdue]( [Israel's 36th Government / New government starts process of taking power after 12 years of Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( Israel's 36th government [Bennett sworn in as prime minister, unseating Netanyahu after 12 years in power]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Government approved 60-59; Yamina head heckled throughout his Knesset speech; Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid becomes alternate PM; Netanyahu derides new PM and vows: ‘We’ll be back soon’]( [‘End this chaos’: Constantly heckled, Bennett says new government ‘here to work’]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Full text: PM-to-be Bennett presents gov’t ‘that will work for the sake of all’]( By [TOI staff]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing June 14 – Basket of contradictions: Who is new PM Bennett?]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Setting budget is ‘most pressing challenge’ for new finance minister: Moody’s]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [In fiery exit, Netanyahu assails Bennett, says he can’t stand up to Iran, Biden]( By [Amy Spiro]( [‘We’ll be back soon’: Outgoing premier delivers scathing address on the Knesset floor, vows to work tirelessly to topple the incoming government]( [Perhaps Likud should have replaced Netanyahu, says senior Haredi MK]( By [TOI staff]( [Milestones of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political rise and fall]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Thousands in Tel Aviv celebrate Netanyahu ouster with foam, confetti and flags]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Contrasting scenes in Jerusalem, where religious Jews gather at Western Wall to offer prayers against new government; ex-PM thanks supporters, urges them to protest]( [World leaders congratulate Bennett and Lapid on new government]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( Behind the Headlines [Join ToI Community for live panel on Israel’s newly installed government]( By [TOI staff]( [Community members can access Behind the Headlines, where ToI Editor David Horovitz and our senior journalists will talk about what comes next for Israel after Netanyahu’s ouster]( [CRM]( [Biden congratulates PM Bennett in phone call as US embraces new government]( By [Amy Spiro]( [US leader says he looks ‘forward to working’ with premier ‘to strengthen all aspects of the close and enduring relationship between our two nations;’ FM Lapid invited to Washington]( [United Arab Emirates congratulates Bennett, looks forward to more cooperation]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish groups praise new government, hope for reset with Diaspora]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Dan Perry]( [Israel’s Biden moment]( [With Netanyahu’s exit, Israelis might not get peace, but they can finally hope for competent governance, respect for norms, and the absence of a personality cult]( [Daniel Landes]( [A time for shame]( [When rabbis and political hacks unabashedly and loudly proclaim that the new government is illegal, un-Jewish and evil, we know what they mean]( [Rafaella Gunz]( [Clubhouse’s antisemitism problem]( [Once on stage, a person will simply start screaming, ‘Kill the Jews!’ or ‘Free Palestine’ or ‘Zionist pigs’ until the moderators scramble to kick them out]( [Adam S. Ferziger]( [Bennett and Herzog were born to bridge the Israel-Diaspora chasm]( [The PM and president-elect, both sons of Anglo-immigrants, know American Jewry first-hand and are uniquely qualified to reset the troubled relationship]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [After 12 Netanyahu years, transfer of power crucially affirms Israeli democracy]( [He utilized a formidable array of legitimate political skills to retain the premiership from 2009. 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