Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Knesset on Monday following a no-confidence debate, despite not being required to do so.
"We may be here for a no-confidence vote, but I have just returned from Washington, where there was an overwhelming show of confidence in Israel, in the IDF and in the Israeli government," Netanyahu told lawmakers.
As opposition members heckled him, Netanyahu declared that "Israel has never been stronger." The no-confidence motion was largely symbolic, as his coalition holds a parliamentary majority.