Coalition negotiations: Deri opts for Finance; Likud wants Defense for itself

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Coalition negotiations: Deri opts for Finance; Likud wants Defense for itself
Religious Zionism: Smotrich will be next Defense Minister
Israel National News
Nov 13, 2022

According to a new report on Channel 12 News, on Sunday morning Shas head Aryeh Deri told Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu that he wishes to be granted the Finance Ministry portfolio in the next government.

The report adds that Deri has been hesitating between asking for the Defense and Finance Ministries, and after extensive consultations with party officials, decided to opt for Finance, seeing the position as more crucial to his party's vision.

Deri's choice will likely lead to increased friction between Netanyahu and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, leader of Israel's third-largest party (after Likud and Yesh Atid). Smotrich has already made it known that he wants either the Defense or the Finance Ministry, and Netanyahu has so far been unwilling to let the Defense portfolio pass out of his party's hands.

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