While nothing is final yet, following is a look at what appears will be the incoming cabinet.
Binyamin Netanyahu will serve as the next prime minister, Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beitenu) as foreign minister, Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) as defense minister, Eli Yishai (Shas) as interior minister, Ariel Atias (Shas) housing minister, Dr. Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beitenu) as minister of national infrastructure, Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beitenu) as tourism minister, Yitzchak Aharonovitch (Yisrael Beitenu) as minister of public security, Yitzchak Cohen (Shas) as minister of religious services, and Gideon Saar (Likud) as minister of education.
Coalition negotiators are signaling that a deal with Yisrael Beitenu and Shas is close and the incoming prime minister is expected to officially present his government coalition to President Shimon Peres next week.
Likud and Yisrael Beitenu negotiators are scheduled to meet in Kfar Maccabia on Thursday afternoon at which time a deal might be signed, but first, an agreement must be reached pertaining to the justice ministry slot.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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Appropriate choice for foreign minister: Avigdor Lieberman, to deal with U.S. secretary Hillary Clinton, the Arab-lover (when she is not in an election requiring Jewish votes).
Hopefully, this will keep him busy, leaving him no time to further his unfortunate anti-Torah agendas.
I like that Shas will be heading the ministry for religious services. I wish they were serving as head of education too.
The title ‘Foreign’ Minister is about to take on a new meaning. What a disaster.