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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Press Gives Netanyahu Government Critical Reception

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Yitzhak Herzog, seated, pose for a group photo with the ministers of Israel\s 37th government at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. (AP)

The Israeli press gave a tentative, if not cold, reception to Benjamin Netanyahu's new government on Friday, fearing changes to judicial powers as the prime minister's ongoing corruption trial proceeds. 

After winning the November 1 election, and following weeks of negotiations with ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties, Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, heading the most right-wing government in Israel's history.  

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