Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz: New government will have 3 Defense Ministers
Incoming government is poised to pass law dividing authority within the Defense Ministry.
Hezki Baruch
Dec 15, 2022
The incoming government continues to bring new legislation before the Knesset; on Thursday, a tense debate was held in the special Knesset committee formed to discuss a law transferring powers to the minister within the Defense Ministry.
According to the agreement signed between the Religious Zionism party and the Likud, the law defining the scope of authority of the minister within the Defense Ministry must be amended before the new government is formed. Religious Zionism party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich is expected to appoint a member of his party to this position, and he will also be authorized to appoint the coordinator of government operations in the territories (COGAT) and the head of the Civil Administration, in coordination with the Prime Minister.
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Incoming government is poised to pass law dividing authority within the Defense Ministry.
Hezki Baruch
Dec 15, 2022
The incoming government continues to bring new legislation before the Knesset; on Thursday, a tense debate was held in the special Knesset committee formed to discuss a law transferring powers to the minister within the Defense Ministry.
According to the agreement signed between the Religious Zionism party and the Likud, the law defining the scope of authority of the minister within the Defense Ministry must be amended before the new government is formed. Religious Zionism party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich is expected to appoint a member of his party to this position, and he will also be authorized to appoint the coordinator of government operations in the territories (COGAT) and the head of the Civil Administration, in coordination with the Prime Minister.
more............... https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364458