Netanyahu, Smotrich and Deri meeting: After the coalition breakthrough, it seems that the right-wing bloc is on its way to forming a government. According to a report by Dafna Lial in News 12, after the long conversation between Netanyahu and Smotrich earlier, 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 in addition to the Ministry of Interior connected to the Ministry of Transportation.
Ministry of Interior-Transportation
Deri thus published in News 12 demanded to unite the Ministry of Transport together with the Ministry of Interior and he will serve in both at the same time. 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.
Smotrich will receive a file in the Ministry of Defense, criticism in Likud
Smotrich, who dropped the requirement for the defense portfolio and will receive the treasury, is expected to also receive a minister in the Ministry of Defense in order to be able to promote things important for settlement, which was a significant part of the coalition demands of religious Zionism. Meanwhile, not everyone in Likud is satisfied with the summaries. Knesset member David Bitan said earlier on the network: “Smotrich received the treasury without deserving it – Derai was told to ask for the treasury portfolio so that Smotrich would go to security. Now in order to transfer Smotrich back to the treasury, what he wanted in the first place is to compensate both of them “.
The other parties are angry
Amit Segal publishes about the outrage in Torah Judaism over the publications about the cases that the Likud divides between religious Zionism and the Shas, which lacks any proportion to the proposals for Torah Judaism. In Torah Judaism they demand that the office bearers not be closed except at a joint meeting of the heads of the coalition parties