B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:  
 
We congratulate the members of Israel’s 35th government on being sworn in today. For the first 18 months of the new government’s existence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain at the helm. Afterwards, Speaker of the Knesset Benny Gantz will become prime minister.

In a letter to Netanyahu, we noted that the “the challenges Israel faces are always immense, but perhaps never more than today. Yet, as we have witnessed through the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Israelis have always risen to challenges and threats with determination, creativity, and courage,” and assured the prime minister that he “can count on B’nai B’rith as a reliable partner in advocating for a strong and secure Israel, today and always.”