Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiles as he sits in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, before his new government is sworn in following the mid-March general elections, in Jerusalem May 14, 2015. REUETRS/Jim Hollander/Pool
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts.
The evening ceremony in the Knesset was postponed by two hours so Netanyahu could divvy up for Likud the remaining ministries, after others were assigned to its four partners. Some Israeli commentators called the manoeuvring "farcical".
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