Likud’s Levin rules out replacing Shaked as justice minister

Likud Minister Yariv Levin rules out replacing Ayelet Shaked as justice minister, after she was fired from the post by Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Levin says he is not interested in serving in the role on a temporary basis.

Levin, who is currently tourism minister, was seen a leading contender for the Justice Ministry before fresh elections were called last week following Netanyahu’s failure to cobble together a new government.

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin arrives at a Likud party meeting in Jerusalem on May 28, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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