The 36th Government of Israel

Last night (Sunday), the 36th government of Israel was approved, headed by right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The new government passed with the support of 60 MKs, while 59 opposed it. Ra’am (United Arab List) MK Saeed Alharomi abstained. According to the rotation agreement, after about two years in office, Naftali Bennett will vacate his position as Prime Minister to Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid.
Here is the expected list of ministers in the new government.
Prime Minister: Naftali Bennett (Yamina)Alternate Prime Minister/Foreign Affairs: Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)Deputy Prime Minister/Defense: Benny Gantz (Blue and White)Deputy Prime Minister/Justice: Gideon Sa'ar (New Hope)Finance: Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu)Education: Yifat Shasha-Biton (New Hope)Interior: Ayelet Shaked (Yamina)Health: Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) Transportation: Merav Michaeli (Labor)Environmental Protection: Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)Public Security: Omer Bar-Lev (Labor) Communications: Yoaz Hendel (New Hope)Economy: Orna Barbivay (Yesh Atid) Labor; Social Services and Social Affairs: Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid)Energy: Karin Elharrar (Yesh Atid)Diaspora Affairs: Nachman Shai (Labor)Intelligence Services: Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid)Tourism: Yoel Razvozov (Yesh Atid)Religious Affairs: Matan Kahana (Yamina)Culture and Sports: Chili Tropper (Blue and White)Aliyah and Integration: Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White)Agriculture and Negev and Galilee Development: Oded Forer (Yisrael Beytenu)Construction, Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset: Ze’ev Elkin (New Hope) Regional Cooperation: Essawi Frej (Meretz)Science and Technology: Orit Farkash Hacohen (Blue and White) Social Equity: Meirav Cohen (Yesh Atid) Minister in the Finance Ministry: Hamed Amar (Yisrael Beytenu)Knesset Speaker: Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid)Finance Committee chairman: Alex Kushnir (Yisrael Beytenu)Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman: Ram Ben Barak (Yesh Atid)Law and Constitution Committee chairman: Rabbi Gilad Kariv (Labor)Aliyah and Diaspora Affairs Committee chairman: Yair Golan (Meretz)Beit Shemesh Mayor Dr. Aliza Bloch on the new government: "There is a government in Israel. There is a government for all the people of Israel. We must all announce that the boycott discourse has ceased. We have no privilege to boycott any public in Israeli society. After two years of instability, the first task facing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is to build a government of agreements and trust with a public that feels uncomfortable today. There are many issues waiting to be addressed in the relationship between the central government and the local government, and everyone must focus on doing so."©ShemeshOnlineTo get updates, news and events in Beit Shemesh, join our no-chatter WhatsApp group!Click here to join: https://bit.ly/Shemesh12Click here to join our no-chatter Telegram channel: https://t.me/BeitShemeshUpdates