India, Nov. 12 -- Newly elected members of the 26th Knesset, Israel's unicameral legislature, were sworn in on Tuesday, with President Isaac Herzog calling for, among other things, the parliament to ensure "national unity and stability".

The backdrop to this call makes it more than a routine appeal. The country's national elections, which took place on October 27, delivered an outcome that none of the country's political parties liked: No one emerged as the winner. After the country's election regulator announced the official results on November 4, incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu's pre-election coalition bagged 53 seats. The Opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, bagged 48 seats as a pre-election coalition. Meanwhile, Israel's Arab parties ...