Regev will serve as Foreign Minister in a year and a half • MK Yavarko appointed Deputy Minister of Public Security • MK Zohar will also serve as Likud leader • Yoav Kish - Deputy Minister of Health

After rejecting the new government's inauguration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to formulate the final list of ministers and calm the rebellion among senior Likud officials. First buds for calm: Minister Yariv Levin has announced to the prime minister and the secretary of government that he is withdrawing his resignation from the government.

Photo: Ami Shamir

Culture Minister Miri Regev will be the Minister of Transport and National Infrastructure, and the Foreign Minister in the second part of the government's tenure (led by Gantz). Netanyahu said: "I have decided in a year and a half that Minister Regev will take up the post of Secretary of State of Israel. One of the most senior and most important positions in the country's leadership. Minister Regev will serve as a full member of the Security Cabinet. He will serve as Minister in charge of the Information Center, as well as serving on the Judiciary Committee. ". 

MK Gadi Jibrakan will be appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Security (Justice Minister Amir Ohana) and in charge of integrating Ethiopian immigrants. Ohana said about the appointment of his deputy: "To my delight, the prime minister has decided to appoint my good friend MK Gadi Jibrakan as deputy, and we will work together in full force for all the citizens of Israel."

MK Yoav Kish will be appointed Deputy Minister of Health - July Edelstein. Kish said in response to the appointment: "The Ministry of Health is a complex ministry with many challenges that are intensifying in light of the Corona crisis. I am pleased that I will take part in this significant task. "It should be noted that Kish is considered a member of Gideon Sa'ar in the Likud, but the latter - Netanyahu's most significant opponent within his party - was not even invited to meet with the prime minister and was offered no role in the new government.

 Dr. Yifat Shasha Biton was appointed chair of the Corona Committee in the Knesset. MK Mickey Zohar has been appointed chairman of the coalition and Likud faction, who will later be appointed minister in government.

Disappointed: Dichter and Amsalem

MK and Deputy Defense Minister Avi Dichter (10th in the Likud list) announced Thursday (Thursday) that he decided not to take part in the vote today for the establishment of the government, given that Prime Minister Netanyahu did not bother to meet with him until this hour and offer him a proper role in the government. Ministers were proposed to MKs who are far behind in the Likud list and even to Knesset members who are not part of the Likud party.

Avi Dichter told his associates: "Such disrespect is not only to me, but a spit in the faces of 130,000 Likud members who chose me in the top ten in Likud." Knesset Member Tzachi Hanegbi also expressed resentment that he did not win the post and threatened that he would not be sworn in by the government. 

However, Dichter told News 12 that he was "still waiting for a call from Netanyahu." MK Mickey Zohar, who is close to Netanyahu's associate, said in News 12 that Netanyahu "has not been able to meet with all Likud members, this is a big list."

Meanwhile, Knesset Member Gideon Sa'ar turned to Netanyahu on his Twitter account and urged him to resume negotiations with Naftali Bennett's "right". PM: I call on Prime Minister Netanyahu to take advantage of the government's swearing-in to resume negotiations with "the right" to join the coalition, "he wrote, adding that" the gaps can be bridged and the closest ideological partnership to the Likud remains. It is important that the parliamentary bloc of the national camp maintains its unity. "

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• Haimovich will not serve as minister; Gantz appointed an agriculture minister

Disappointed others who have so far refused to accept their proposals: MK David Amsalem demands the Jerusalem case, which was promised to Rafi Peretz, who abandoned his right, and warned him that he would not join the government if he did not accept the position. High, since it is aimed at the Environment Minister.

Inauguration was rejected

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz agreed to postpone the swearing-in of the government for Sunday, after Prime Minister Netanyahu approached Gantz and asked him for more time to distribute the files in the Likud. 

A joint Likud-and-Blue announcement said that Netanyahu and Gantz were talking before making the decision. Netanyahu appealed to Gantz to postpone the swearing in Sunday to allow him to finalize the distribution of Likud files. Gantz complied with Netanyahu's request.

In addition, the statement states that Gantz informed Netanyahu that, in accordance with the summary and the rejection, he intends to withdraw his resignation from the Knesset Speaker. It was also agreed that today the Knesset will adopt Norwegian law in the outline agreed between the parties.

Completed the staffing position in blue and white

While the Likud got into trouble, in blue and white, the evening announced that agreements had been reached on the full list of party members in the new government.

Maj. Gen. (res.) MK Bnei Gantz - the replacement prime minister and defense minister.

Maj. Gen. (res.) MK Gabi Ashkenazi - Foreign Minister.

MK Avi Nissenkorn - Minister of Justice.

MK Amir Peretz - Minister of Economy and Industry.

MK Itzik Shmuli - Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services.

MK Miki Haimovich - Chairman of the Committee on the Interior and the Environment.

MK Yoaz Handel - Minister of Communications.

MK Michael Biton - Minister of Defense responsible for civilian affairs.

MK Hili Trooper - Minister of Culture and Sport.

MK Zvi Hauser - Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

MK Orit Farkash - Minister for Strategic Affairs.

MK Meirav Cohen - Minister for Social Equality and Retirees.

MK Asaf Zamir - Minister of Tourism.

MK Izhar Shay - Minister of Science.

MK Omar Yankelevich - Minister of the Diaspora.

MK Pnina Tamano Shetah - Minister of Absorption and Immigration.

MK Alon Schuster - Minister of Agriculture.

MK Ram Shefa - Chairman of the Education Committee.

MK Eitan Ginzburg - Chairman of the Knesset Committee.

Participating in the preparation of the news: Daniel Roth Avnery