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Minister Yariv Levin will be appointed Knesset Speaker | Israel today

2020-05-13T00:18:12.506Z


After the Likud faction voted unanimously in favor of the appointment, Minister replaces Benny Gantz in office • "Thanks Netanyahu for trusting me" | political


After the Likud faction voted unanimously in favor of the appointment, the minister will replace Benny Gantz in office • "Thank Netanyahu for his trust in me"

Minister Yariv Levin will be appointed Speaker of the Knesset after the Likud faction voted Tuesday unanimously in favor of his appointment. The decision will be taken as usual for Knesset approval tomorrow.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said in his statement on the appointment: "I thank Minister Yariv Levin and the Likud faction who approved his appointment as Speaker of the Knesset. Minister Levin did an excellent job as Minister of Tourism and for the establishment of the government and the coalition, and I thank him from the bottom of my heart for the loyalty and partnership over the years, for the State of Israel and for the Likud. I am convinced that Minister Yariv Levin will do an excellent job in his new role. "

I thank Minister Yariv Levin and the Likud faction who unanimously approved his appointment as Speaker of the Knesset. The decision will be brought to the Knesset for approval. Yariv did an excellent job as Minister of Tourism and worked for the establishment of the government and I thank him from the bottom of my heart for the loyalty and partnership over the years, for the State of Israel and for the Likud. Good luck opponent!

- Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) May 12, 2020

Minister Yariv Levin said: "I thank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the deepest heart for the great confidence he gave me in his election to me as his candidate for Knesset Speaker. My thanks are also due to my Knesset Likud members who elected me as a party candidate for the post. It will be a great privilege for me to serve as Speaker of the Knesset and to head the Legislature, to strengthen the status of the Knesset and to do this important mission, in the eyes of the good of the State of Israel, all citizens of Israel and Israel. ”Meanwhile, MK Ophir Akunis has been appointed Minister of Regional Cooperation .

Levin's appointment comes after the appointment of Yuli Edelstein earlier this evening to the Minister of Health in the new government - as first published in Israel Today. In addition, Edelstein will bring to the Ministry of Health a medical director general, whose name is not yet known. 

After Minister Gilad Arden agrees to be appointed Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Netanyahu also succeeds in dismantling the second "mine" in the Likud round of appointments - and appoints Edelstein, who wanted to continue as Knesset Speaker, to the Minister of Health. On her right, who requested the health file, was furiously received the announcement of the appointment: "This is the beginning of the end of Netanyahu." 

A right-wing official said following the nomination: "Netanyahu slammed the door on entering our government. He was looking for the perfect way to humiliate his right and all his constituents, and succeeded. Netanyahu's calculated move to destroy the alliance with religious Zionism. Netanyahu's betrayal of the loyalists marks the beginning of his end in politics. "

Netanyahu announced the appointment of Interior Minister Gilad Arden to the United Nations Ambassador to the United Nations for the next four years, as well as the Israeli ambassador to Washington as long as Netanyahu is prime minister. In doing so, Ardan will simultaneously serve two of Israel's most important diplomatic positions - for the first time Since Dad Stone's tenure in office in the 1950s, the duplication of positions may continue during Gantz's tenure as prime minister, but this will depend on Gantz's decision.

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"I am proud and excited about the right to fight for our righteousness in the international arena and to defend Israel against the challenges ahead in the years to come," Arden said with the announcement of the appointment. Speaking to "Israel Today," the senior minister added that "in the near future, Israel faces significant political challenges, first of all applying Israeli sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and settling in Judea, as well as moves against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is subject to the United Nations. I use all my strength to represent Israel proudly in standing up for the righteousness of our path. I know I am expecting hard work, but I am capable of it. " 

Those who will receive important announcements in the coming days will be Ministers Amir Ohana and Miri Regev, who are competing for the internal security file referred to by Gilad Arden. Netanyahu's tendency is to give the position precisely to Amir Ohana, who has a suitable background for the position, and Miri Regev to appoint the transport minister, even though she has previously said that she will only take up the post of Minister of Public Security.

According to the plan, three will meet with Netanyahu tonight: Ohana, Regev and Katz. And here's something that could come as another surprise: If Katz is in the Treasury, Ohana in the PTA, Regev in Transportation, Edelstein in Health, and right out there. Who's going to the education portfolio?

Minister Tzipi Hotobli received a promise from rival Levin today at noon for the Jerusalem Case and Heritage, but has not yet been called to a meeting with Netanyahu. Minister Yuval Steinitz, who is currently in the Prime Minister's Office now and MK Nir Barkat, will also be invited to meet with the Prime Minister later this evening.

The party has other ministers who consider themselves embedded in government positions such as Yoav Galant and Avi Dichter, who seek security-related files, Gila Gamliel, who is seeking the role of Education Minister Yuval Steinitz and Zeev Elkin, who would like to remain in their current offices (energy and environmental protection), as well as Nir Barkat and David. Amsalem, who consider themselves candidates for ministerial positions with the possibility of obtaining a Jerusalem portfolio.

Comments: "Emergency Government Bluff"



Outgoing Health Minister Yaakov Litzman: "I congratulate MK Yuli Edelstein who chose to receive the health care portfolio in the upcoming government. Will be able to continue to lead the health system in dealing with the Corona virus and other challenges facing us, God willing.

MK Tamar Zandberg on Edelstein's appointment to the Ministry of Health: "Disgrace. The emergency government bluff has been revealed again. Gantz promised during the election campaign that he would not relinquish the health care portfolio, so that Gantz's record on the file was expected to be in the hands of the Likud. Still, the Corona Emergency Government bluff has been exposed once again in light of its disgraceful concession to health. It's not an emergency government, it's an annexation government. "

Source: israelhayom

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