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Netanyahu convenes first security cabinet meeting of new government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) convenes the first meeting of his new government's security cabinet in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the first meeting of the security cabinet of his new government.
The 11-member body is a high-level subset of government ministers who oversee and approve sensitive security and military matters.
Netanyahu is joined in the security cabinet by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, Energy Minister Israel Katz, and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Avi Dichter.
The last government’s security cabinet included three women; the current panel has just one.
