In video: Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Prime Minister's Office)
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met at this time (Tuesday) with MK Dodi Amsalem, ahead of the division of positions in Likud. Later this evening he is also expected to meet with MK Amir Ohana.
Amsalem publicly stated several times after the elections that he demands to be appointed to the position of Speaker of the Knesset or Minister of Justice, and Netanyahu is trying to convince him to agree to accept another portfolio such as the transportation portfolio or the economy instead. Later he will meet with Ohana, who demanded the foreign portfolio, but Netanyahu is considering appointing him to Yu." The Knesset instead.
Tomorrow at noon Netanyahu intends to convene the Likud faction and announce the identity of the Speaker of the Knesset.
The next Speaker of the Knesset? Ohana (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Demanded the position of Speaker of the Knesset or the justice portfolio. Amsalem (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Netanyahu is expected to hold final consultations tonight regarding the distribution of roles and begin the official round of talks with Likud members only tomorrow at noon, the day before the government is sworn in.
He pays special attention to Amsalem in light of his political alliance with Israel Katz and David Bitan, which Netanyahu wants to break up.
Katz demands to be appointed only as foreign minister, but Netanyahu wants to appoint his associate Ron Dermer to a senior position and is considering appointing Dermer to another minister with powers of action in foreign policy.
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