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Lapid slams move to give Haim Katz 4 ministerial portfolios
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Opposition leader Yair Lapid slams the government for its appointment of Tourism Minister Haim Katz to temporarily head all three ministerial positions left vacant when the far-right Otzma Yehudit party quit the government.
“Even the most diligent minister in the world cannot invest effort in four ministries at the same time. Either they’re unnecessary, or it’s blatant disrespect for these ministries,” Lapid tweets.