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Reports: Netanyahu plans to hand over all 3 Otzma Yehudit portfolios to Haim Katz
Tourism Minister Haim Katz attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Media reports indicate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to give all three of Otzma Yehudit’s portfolios to Tourism Minister Haim Katz, after the far-right party quit the coalition this week, over the Gaza ceasefire-hostage release deal.
This according to Ynet, Channel 12, Walla, and others.
Ynet says one reason for this is Netanyahu’s desire to signal to Otzma Yehudit’s Itamar Ben Gvir that the portfolios are waiting for him, should he wish to return to the coalition.
The move would leave a single minister in charge of four portfolios, including the key national security file.
