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New ministers, old problems: the burning challenges of the incoming government

At the end of the Knesset session and the swearing-in of the 36th government, the ministers will take office immediately, and after four elections - they will no longer have a hundred days of grace.

What are the most urgent tasks in any office, and how should those in charge prioritize them?

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Sunday, 13 June 2021, 10:34

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Ahead of the inauguration today (Sunday) of the new unity government, Walla!

The most pressing issues facing government members.

The incoming ministers will be required to address the burning issues, fight budgets and prioritize their actions when it comes to implementing new policies in ministries.

All this, in order to justify the reason why they were elected to the most senior positions in the public service.

At the end of the special session of the Knesset to form the 36th government, the designated Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid will take office immediately, along with all the government ministers from the eight coalition factions.

These are the most urgent tasks that ministers entering the new government ministries will need.

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Take care of the most burning tasks in any government office.

Chairman of the coalition factions (Photo: Walla !, Raanan Cohen)

Ministry of Defense: Gaza, the Iranian nuclear program and the return of prisoners

Although Defense Minister Bnei Gantz also served in this position in the last government, the tasks he needs to advance require rethinking. The importance of leading the response policy towards the Gaza Strip, dealing with the regulation of the security situation and rehabilitating Gaza while building an outline sixty for the issue of prisoners and missing persons cannot be overstated. Special emphasis should be placed on drawing clear policies towards Iran and the nuclear project it is working on.

Ganz also addresses the issue of the outline of the procurement deal, most of which is intended for aircraft and Air Force armament. This outline was even approved by the government and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, but has not yet been approved by the US administration. With the formation of the new government, Ganz will have to increase the pressure on the Americans to implement the deal.

At the same time, the Blue and White Party entered into the coalition agreement the multi-year plan that the IDF is so desperate for. The Ministries of Defense and Finance will have to summarize the outline, but past experience shows that Gantz is expected to fight a significant battle on the issue.

Response policy with Gaza, the Iranian nuclear program, and an outline for the return of prisoners and missing persons.

Ganz (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The shortening of service is a flagship issue for Ganz, who sees it as a move that will greatly contribute to society and the economy.

In his opinion, the move integrates well with the idea of ​​civil service and with the work of the "Inside" association.

In contrast, the chief of staff Aviv stars vehemently opposes the move. However, on the grounds that this is an outline of the proposed Economic and could harm "the largest economy in job placement."

Ganz sees the Intelligence Division as part of the transfer IDF bases to the Negev relocation national project.

He is working to promote it, contrary to the position of former Defense Minister Bennett and the Chief of Staff.

Appoint a State Attorney and two Supreme Court justices.

Saar (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Ministry of Justice: Appointment of senior officials and division of the position of Spokesman

The Ministry of Justice has undergone quite a few upheavals in recent years.

Amir Ohana's tumultuous tenure, Avi Nissenkorn's short stint, and Gantz's filling of the place last December, did not benefit the firm's stability.

As a result of the political paralysis, the appointments of senior officials got stuck, the most urgent of which is the appointment of the State Attorney.

This is one of the most senior positions in the legal world, the person responsible for the prosecution and management of all criminal proceedings.

Since Shai Nitzan retired in December 2019, there has been no permanent state attorney in Israel.

Gideon Saar, the incoming Minister of Justice, will chair the Judicial Selection Committee, with the appointment of two judges to the Supreme Court, and at least two more in the next two years.

Three of the Deputy Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit recently retired, and it is necessary to appoint others among them.

Mandelblit himself is also expected to retire in the coming year, so the new justice minister will have a big impact on shaping the significant role environment.

Quiet in the cities involved and increased trust in the police.

Bar-Lev (Photo: Reuven Castro)

One of the achievements of New Hope in the coalition agreement is an agreement that the government will look into splitting the role of attorney general. The initiative to separate his two roles, one as head of the prosecution and the other as attorney general - is not new. But all attempts to split in the past have encountered a wall in the form of strong opposition from the judiciary. Senior Labor and Meretz officials have stated that they oppose this move, which is seen as an attempt to weaken the spokesman's status.

Most of the justice ministers who came from the right, including Professor Daniel Friedman, Yaakov Ne'eman and Ayelet Shaked, sought to advance the move, but without success.

"The situation in which the same person also advises the prime minister and ministers on policy matters, and also instructs them to be investigated and prosecuted, is illogical and tainted by a built-in conflict of interest," Saar explained in a video he published last January.

This is not a hypothetical situation, as Mandelblit filed the indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after which he had to continue to advise the government as usual.

Ministry of Internal Security: Quiet in the cities and fight against violence against women

The Ministry of Internal Security will enter Minister Amar Bar-Lev, who will soon discover that this ministry does not have a hundred days of grace. The tensions between Jews and Arabs in the cities involved, the rampant crime in Arab society, the violence against women and the growing loss of trust in the police, are just some of the tasks the new minister will have to deal with.

The past month has further illustrated how much the police need budgets and reinforcement of manpower. Bar Lev will be required to bring about a significant increase in police budgets as well as the number of devices for patrol officers. Bar Lev will also be required to outline a policy of zero tolerance for the offenses of police officers and officers who abuse police power. Today, the police disciplinary tribunal is considered a stick in many cases of officers' offenses, a fact that undermines public confidence in the trust organization for maintaining its security.

Bar-Lev will not be required, for at least the next two and a half years, to appoint a commissioner of police or a commissioner for the prison service. However, towards March he will have to appoint a new commissioner for the fire and rescue service under Dedi Simchi, who despite a media dispute The fire department.

Rehabilitation of the health system and war in Corona.

Horowitz (Photo: TPS, Shalom Shalom)

Ministry of Health: Rehabilitation of the system from corona damage and addition of manpower

Nitzan Horowitz will enter the Ministry of Health just when all the corona restrictions in the country have been lifted. From now on, it is his responsibility to make sure that the consequences of the move do not return Israel to days of high morbidity. Horowitz knows that around the world the corona is still raging, even in vaccinated countries like England. It is the responsibility of the new minister to ensure that the entrance gates to the country are left guarded, while closely monitoring and supervising every verified patient who arrives in the country, so that no variant will enter the country and cause a new outbreak.

As a result of the functioning of the medical system during the corona period, it emerges from the epidemic in a difficult situation, really desperate for rehabilitation. Horowitz must add significant manpower and to all sectors - doctors and nursing. It must fight the emergency standards added during the corona, and make them permanent despite the Treasury demand expected to repeal them. In the medical services in the community, too, the aggressive competition between the health funds must be regulated, and care must be taken to rehabilitate the mental health system.

Transfer of budget and extension of the date of application. Lieberman (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Ministry of Finance: Transfer of budget and extension of the Knesset program

Approving the state budget is probably the most important task facing incoming Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The state has been running without an approved budget for almost two years, and this exceptional event has become a new norm that it will seek to uproot.

Apart from the state budget, there is also the Arrangements Law, which contains reforms that the government is interested in promoting - and which Lieberman will be required to consider seriously. These are measures that support growth, such as the construction of the light rail in Gush Dan, regulatory relief and the removal of barriers to business, the ease of importing food and cosmetics, and more. The Arrangements Act is intended to advance the government’s economic policy, and is approved along with the state budget.

For two years now, the economy has been operating without clear economic goals, at the height of the most severe economic crisis the country has known since the 1980s. Apart from the stuck reforms and the damage to services provided to citizens without a sufficient budgetary framework, the lack of a state budget could cost Israel lowering its credit rating.

Reducing the gap between rich and poor students and strengthening teachers. Shasha Bitton (Photo: Official Website, Knesset Spokeswoman, Danny Shem Tov)

Extending the Knesset model will probably be the first decision to be signed by incoming Finance Minister Lieberman. According to data published by the National Insurance Institute last month, the number of unemployment recipients in the country is 431,000 people, despite the fact that the economy has been fully open for months. The

need for an urgent change in the resettlement program is clear: many employers are forced to reduce the business's opening hours due to a shortage of manpower, and the number of vacancies in the economy has reached a peak of 140,000. However, it should be borne in mind that quite a few people are not employed by choice, and for them the continued receipt of unemployment benefits is a vital need.

Lieberman is expected to stop paying sick leave to Corona unemployed people under the age of 45. This is in contrast to his predecessor in the position of Israel Katz, who believed that all unemployed people over the age of 28 should continue to be paid according to their marital status. Changing the application model.

Ministry of Education: Reducing the gap between rich and poor students

The incoming Minister of Education, Yifat Shasha Bitton, is expected to complete many tasks, the first of which is to reduce the educational gaps between the various sections of the population.

The disparities in education between poor and rich students in Israel are among the highest in OECD countries.

Students from lower socioeconomic strata are generally less successful in school.

This fact determines the social gaps, since only a few young people in Israel improve the level of education they received compared to their parents.

Another challenge facing Shasha Bitton is improving the quality of teaching and principals.

Israel is one of the leading countries in the pay gap between veteran and young teachers.

The salary of the oldest teacher is more than double the salary of a beginning teacher.

The distorted wage structure as well as the low volume of jobs effectively prevent the entry of high-skilled people into the education industry.

The corona year has proven beyond any doubt the importance of school principals in the education system, but in practice the appointment and training procedures for this sensitive position are lacking.

"The appointments of those who do not meet the threshold requirements and without the publication of the vacancy constitute half of the appointments of principals in the official education system," the State Comptroller stated in the latest report, which dealt with ways of appointing and training school principals.

Promoting light rail and the fight against road accidents.

Michaeli (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Ministry of Transport: Light Rail, Metro and Road Accidents

The designated Minister of Transportation, Merav Michaeli, is aware of the fact that decades of neglecting transportation infrastructure have led to huge gaps between Israel and the countries of the world in this field. Unfortunately, these are not gaps with advanced Western countries, but also with developing countries. The momentum in developing solutions in the form of the "fast to the city" shuttle service, the light rail and the future metro will mature in about a decade - but the change of consciousness must begin now. Providing an incentive using the "stick and carrot" method to reach employment centers in public transportation, along with making it smart and flexible are the actions that will lay the foundations for trust and the use of all those future infrastructures.

The full name of the ministry is "Ministry of Transport and Road Safety" and it is time that the sifa of the name would not be a burden and a dead letter.

The State of Israel needs an independent professional body whose job is to investigate road accidents, not in the legal-legal prism as is done today by the police, but in order to produce insights that will lead to actual change.

A change in roads before they turn red, and a change in intersections before they become fatal.

Renewable energy and removal of pollutants from population concentrations.

Zandberg (Photo: TPS, Shalom Shalom)

Ministry of Environmental Protection: Renewable Energy and the factories in Haifa Bay

Strengthening the ministry's status and scarce resources is the challenge facing the designated minister, Tamar Zandberg.

In a country where security and capital precede the government's priorities for the environment in which we live, this will not be an easy task for it.

The first immediate task is to stop dependence on fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) within a decade, as part of tackling the climate crisis, and beyond 100 percent in the use of renewable energy by 2050. This target set by the government is no more than lip service to international agreements it has signed.

It is lower than that in the countries of reference to Israel and in actual implementation Israel does not even meet its own goals.

The second task is specific but no less revolutionary: the removal of the polluting petrochemical industry from Haifa Bay.

The 90 pages of the report, written in the Executive Committee on the Development and Promotion of the Gulf and placed on the cabinet's table in the last week of her tenure, will turn yellow and dust up if the Minister does not act to adopt the recommendations in the government and implement them in practice.

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