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Gamliel, Porush approved by Knesset as ministers, bringing cabinet to 31 members

2 January 2023, 8:04 pm Edit

Then-environmental protection minister Gila Gamliel at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Then-environmental protection minister Gila Gamliel at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The appointment of two new ministers is approved by the Knesset, bringing the new government’s total to 31 ministers.

Likud’s Gila Gamliel is okayed as intelligence minister, while UTJ’s Meir Porush will become Jerusalem, tradition and Mount Meron minister.

Gamliel has been sworn in, while Porush will be sworn in later.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swore his government in on Thursday, bringing together five far-right and ultra-Orthodox partners, along with his right-wing Likud party.

United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush arrives for coalition talks at the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv on November 10, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)