Netanyahu said to offer Education Ministry to Likud’s Steinitz

Prime Minister Netanyahu has offered Likud Minister Yuval Steinitz, who currently holds the energy portfolio, to take over at the Education Ministry in the next government, Channel 12 news reports.

The current education minister is Rafi Peretz of the Yamina party, which is threatening to head to the opposition amid disagreements with Netanyahu over it’s role in the new coalition.

However, the Kan public broadcaster reports that Netanyahu has told associates he’s saving the Education Ministry for Yamina.

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on February 27, 2019. (Flash90)

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