The government is the first to include an independent Arab Israeli party as an official member of the governing coalition.[6] Furthermore, it is Israel's second government, after the Netanyahu-Gantz rotation government, to function under an automatic and legally-binding system of rotation in the position of prime minister.[7][8] The investiture vote in the Knesset was held on 13 June 2021.[9] The Bennett-Lapid government was confirmed by a vote of 60 to 59, with one MK from the United Arab List abstaining.[10] Bennett was thus sworn in as Israel's 13th prime minister, with Lapid serving as alternate prime minister.[11]