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After firings, Netanyahu says he won’t hold education or justice portfolios
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has still not decided who will stand in as interim education and justice ministers after firing Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked from the posts, respectively, earlier today, according to his spokeswoman.
His spokeswoman says the appointments will be decided on in the next 48 hours and that Netanyahu “has no intention to hold one of the vacated portfolios himself.”
The statement came as MKs Rafi Peretz and Bezalel Smotrich from the Union of Right-Wing Parties called to be appointed to education and justice minister in place of Bennett and Shaked.
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