Justice Minister Levin to be acting PM during Netanyahu’s surgery

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Justice Minister Yariv Levin will serve as acting prime minister while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu undergoes surgery to install a cardiac pacemaker in the coming hours, ministers decide.

The ministers are approving Levin’s nomination by phone.

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