Link to an op-ed I wrote for the Jewish Press
Category: Knesset
The first poll conducted after Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef replaced Eli Yishai with Aryeh Deri as leader of Shas.
Smith conducted a poll published by Globes on May 3 2013.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
30 [31] Likud Beitenu
30 [19] Yesh Atid
13 [12] Bayit Yehudi
12 [15] Labor
10 [11] Shas
07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [06] Mertez
00 [06] Movement
00 [02] Kadima
11 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad
60 [61] Right-Religious
60 [59] Center-Left-Arab
Panels Poll broadcasted on Knesset Channel April 4 2013.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
28 [19] Yesh Atid
25 [31] Likud Beitenu
15 [15] Labor
14 [12] Bayit Yehudi
08 [11] Shas
07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [06] Mertez
04 [06] Movement
04 [04] Hadash
03 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
03 [03] Balad
02 [02] Kadima
54 [61] Right-Religious
66 [59] Center-Left-Arab
The Knesset approved the 33rd government of the State of Israel by a vote of 68-48 with 4 MKs not present. Prime Minister Netanyahu will be joined by 21 ministers and 8 deputy ministers.
Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud Beitenu) Prime Minister , Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs
Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Internal Security
Uri Yehuda Ariel (Bayit Yehudi) Minister of Housing and Construction
Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) Minister of Religious Services, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor
Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) Minister of Welfare and Social Services
Gilad Erdan (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Communications, Minister of Home Front Defense
Yael German (Yesh Atid) Minister of Health
Yisrael Katz (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Transportation, National Infrastructure, and Road Safety
Uzi Landau (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Tourism
Sofa Landver (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) Minister of Finance
Limor Livnat (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Culture and Sport
Tzipi Livni (Movement) Minister of Justice
Uri Orbach (Bayit Yehudi) Minister for Senior Citizens
Amir Peretz (Movement) Minister of Environmental Protection
Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid) Minister of Science and Technology
Shai Piron (Yesh Atid) Minister of Education
Gideon Sa`ar (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Internal Affairs
Silvan Shalom (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Energy and Water, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galil, Minister of Regional Cooperation
Yair Shamir (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Yuval Steinitz (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Intelligence , Minister of Strategic Affairs, Minister of International Relations
Moshe Ya`alon (Likud Beitenu) Minister of Defense
Ofir Akunis (Likud Beitenu) Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister`s Office
Eli Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi) Deputy Minister of Religions
Danny Danon (Likud Beitenu) Deputy Minister of Defense
Zeev Elkin (Likud Beitenu) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tzipi Hotovely (Likud Beitenu) Deputy Minister of Transportation
Fania Kirshenbaum (Likud Beitenu) Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) Deputy Minister of Finance
Avi Wortzman (Bayit Yehudi) Deputy Minister of Education
Maagar Mochot poll broadcast on Channel 10 on March 17 2013
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
30 [31] Likud Beitenu
25 [19] Yesh Atid
12 [12] Bayit Yehudi
12 [11] Shas
11 [15] Labor
07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
05 [06] Movement
01 [02] Kadima
17 [17] Mertez, Ra’am-Ta’al, Hadash and Balad
61 [61] Right-Religious
59 [59] Center-Left-Arab
