In 2013-2014, Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) a total of 53 times — but didn’t meet with the welfare and immigration absorption ministers even once, the Movement for Freedom of Information reports.
The full list of Netanyahu’s meetings — during the two-year period — shows that he met with Communications Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), 38 times; Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), 31 times; Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, 29 times; and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, 26 times.
The prime minister met with Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz 25 times — eight times in 2013, 17 times in 2014 — and met with Finance Minister Yair Lapid a total of 23 times.
The ministries that met least often with the prime minister are pensioners affairs (1), tourism (1), health (1), internal security (2), environmental protection (2), housing (3), education (3), and science (3).
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