Tel Aviv, Nov. 2 -- Israel's newly elected parliament, the Knesset, will hold its inaugural session on November 10, with lawmakers set to be sworn in and elect a new parliamentary speaker as political parties negotiate to form the next government following inconclusive elections.
The session will begin at 4 pm local time (1400 GMT), with President Isaac Herzog and other invited guests attending, the Knesset said in a statement on Monday.
The announcement follows parliamentary elections held last Tuesday, which failed to give any political bloc a clear majority in the 120-seat legislature.
Preliminary results show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc secured 53 seats, compared with 48 for opposition parties and 19 for Arab partie...