A breakthrough in the coalition negotiations: After the marathon negotiations, it seems that there is a breakthrough in the right-wing bloc regarding the formation of the government. According to a report by Dafna Lial in News 12, after the long conversation between Netanyahu and Smotrich, the parties agreed that Smotrich will receive the finance portfolio and Aryeh Deri, who was already closed in the Ministry of Finance, will receive the position of Acting Prime Minister and be added to the Ministry of the Interior.
Deri will also accept the religions
Another reason that apparently caused Derai to give up the treasury is the fact that his party will also receive the Ministry of Religion, which was very important to it. Deri’s appointment to the position of Acting Prime Minister will require changing the existing law that states that only a member of the Prime Minister’s party can serve in this position, but it does not appear that this will be an obstacle in the emerging agreement.
Watch Ben Gvir’s words earlier:
MK @itamarbengvir sending a message to@netanyahu: “Without being able to restore security and governance, order to the streets, and without being able to help the residents of the social periphery, the Negev and the Galilee – we cannot be in the government. This is our role, this is our mission, for this we were elected, for this we received full credit from the public” pic.twitter.com/cy8gK9yNxw
— Knesset Channel (@KnessetT) November 21, 2022
In addition to the interior and religious portfolio, Deri will also receive the Negev portfolio, which may explain why the negotiations between the Likud and Otzma Yehudit exploded last night when the Likud went back on the agreement that the Negev portfolio would go to Ben Gabir’s party. In return, Likud plans to bring to Otzma Yehudit the agriculture portfolio that was intended for Israel as the OT, but Likud will now have to find another portfolio for it.
Likud returned from the summaries, Ben Gabir attacked
Earlier, Ben Gvir attacked the Likud after the latter retracted the summaries on the Negev case. At a press conference, Itamar Ben Gvir said: “Without being able to restore security and governance, order to the streets, and without being able to help the residents of the social periphery, the Negev and the Galilee – we cannot be in the government. This is our role, this is our mission, for this we were elected, for this We received full credit from the public.” Now it remains to be seen how they will react with Jewish power to the summaries that appear in the coalition.