Bennett blasts government for assigning 2 ministers to 7 portfolios: ‘Israel is not being run’

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett slams the government for appointing two Likud ministers to head five ministries left leaderless since the Knesset’s ultra-Orthodox parties withdrew from the government over the summer.

“The primary thing the citizens of Israel expect from their government is honest, professional, and serious management of the State of Israel… the economy, housing, and the fight against the cost of living,” he tweets, but “none of this exists right now.”

“The State of Israel is not being run. How can the tourism minister also be appointed as the health minister, the construction and housing minister and the welfare minister?” he asks.

The Knesset on Monday evening voted to ratify the government’s nominations of Tourism Minister Haim Katz and Justice Minister Yariv Levin to head the ministries. Levin will take over the labor, religious services, and Jerusalem portfolios, while Katz, who was also appointed as housing minister in September, is to head the health and welfare ministries.

These appointments show “contempt for Israel’s sick, for young couples hoping to one day buy a home, and for the elderly and disabled who need assistance. It is a slap in the face to all citizens of Israel and a blunt statement that ‘We don’t care about you,'” asserts Bennett.

“In the government I will lead, we will return to managing Israel for you. Soon.”

Bennett recently stated that if he comes to power in the next election, he will shutter multiple ministries seen as extraneous.