President Rivlin calls for unity at Knesset inaugural ceremony

President Reuven Rivlin called in his Thursday speech at the inauguration ceremony of the 22nd Knesset for the establishment of a unity government, that will lead Israel through the challenges it is facing.

"Forming a government is not only the wish of the people," said Rivlin. "More than ever, in times like these, it is an economic and security need the likes of which we have not known for many years".