Tel Aviv, 2 April-(ANA)-Israel's parliament has sworn in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister and approved the new right-leaning coalition cabinet by 69 votes to 45.
Mr Netanyahu had earlier asked the country's parliament to trust in him to lead Israel through the economic and security challenges it faces.
He said he would negotiate with the Palestinians but made no reference to a two-state solution to the conflict.
The new cabinet is the largest in Israel's political history.
It combines the centre-right, centre-left and far-right parties, with hard-liner Avigdor Lieberman confirmed as foreign minister and Labour veteran Ehud Barak as minister of defence.
The cabinet is so big, the government's meeting table has had to be extended to accommodate all the members.
