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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Netanyahu to appoint welfare, agriculture, diaspora ministers tomorrow
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will appoint three cabinet ministers tomorrow as he vacates the posts due to his looming corruption indictments, Hebrew media reports.
Israeli cabinet ministers facing criminal indictment are required to resign from their cabinet posts, but prime ministers are not. Netanyahu promised the High Court of Justice, which was to hear a petition on his cabinet posts last month, that he would quit all positions except prime minister by the end of 2019 – or tonight.
The posts to be assigned are ministers of welfare, agriculture and diaspora affairs. Due to a now-defunct, but not-yet-replaced coalition agreement from the 20th Knesset, one portfolio will go to a Shas lawmaker while the other two will go to Likud MKs.
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