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The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [3] [4] The coalition government consists of seven parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Religious Zionist Party, Otzma Yehudit, Noam, and National Unity — and is led by Benjamin ...
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Prime minister — Benjamin Netanyahu. The veteran Likud party leader returns for a third time as premier after a year and a half in the opposition. Before that, he was prime minister for 12 years in succession, as well as in 1996-1999. Defense minister — Yoav Gallant. Gallant, a former top general who began his military career in the elite Shayetet ...
Interior minister, health minister — Aryeh Deri. In two years, Deri will take over as finance minister as part of a rotation deal with Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich. He will also be a deputy prime minister for the entirety of the government’s term. Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthdox Shas party, has previously served as interior minister ...
Finance minister, minister within the Defense Ministry — Bezalel Smotrich. Smotrich’s position in the Defense Ministry will give him authority over civil affairs in the West Bank, including settlement construction. A staunch settlement supporter, Smotrich has pressed to extend Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, in line with religious and secur...
Housing and construction minister — Yitzhak Goldknopf.A first-time lawmaker and minister, Goldknopf was to be the first-ever ultra-Orthodox member of the top-level security cabinet, but withdrew from that role. Minister for Jerusalem, tradition and Mount Meron — Meir Porush.The ministry is being rebranded from the Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry, w...
National security minister — Itamar Ben Gvir. The newly formed National Security Ministry — an expanded Public Security Ministry — will have unprecedented powers over the Israel Police. His party’s coalition deal with Likud also provides for him to take over direct supervision of the entire Border Police, including its West Bank units that are curr...
Deputy minister within the Prime Minister’s Office — Avi Maoz.Leader of a far-right, anti-LGBTQ faction of one, Maoz will head an office in charge of Israel’s “Jewish national identity” and will oversee external programs in the education system, a function that was formerly within the Education Ministry.
Strategic affairs minister — Ron Dermer. Dermer, one of Netanyahu’s most trusted confidants, served for seven years as Israel’s ambassador to the US and was instrumental in brokering the Abraham Accords normalization deals with the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco. Dermer is not an MK.
Jun 13, 2021 · Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, approved a new coalition government by a single-vote margin on Sunday. The vote, 60 to 59 with one abstention, officially ended the longtime reign of...
Dec 21, 2022 · (JTA) – Late into the fourth night of Hanukkah in Israel on Wednesday, incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had successfully formed a new government coalition after...
Jun 13, 2021 · Israel’s parliament has voted in favor of a new coalition government, formally ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu became the new prime minister (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Read More. 2 of 16 |.
Jun 2, 2021 · Ronen Zvulun/Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli opposition parties on Wednesday reached a coalition agreement to form a government and oust Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister...
Jun 17, 2021 · Israel's new government includes an Arab political party, which joined the governing coalition. And that is a first for Palestinian citizens of Israel, who are 20% of the country's...
