Netanyahu appoints Shlomo Karhi as communications minister

Likud MK Shlomo Karhi attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Likud MK Shlomo Karhi attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints Likud MK Shlomo Karhi as communications minister.

Karhi, known for his inflammatory rhetoric, has never served as a minister before.

Last month Karhi voiced support for shutting down the news division of the Kan public broadcaster and Army Radio.

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