TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government was sworn in Sunday, cementing a fragile political alliance with former rival Benny Gantz to end more than a year of political stalemate in the country. Messrs. Netanyahu and Gantz now face the challenge of keeping together a government run by two factions with opposing views on several key issues—from annexing parts of the Israel-occupied West Bank to preserving the judiciary’s power.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 17, 2020 18:00 UTC