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Phase 3 Complete – 61-59: Israel’s 34th Government, Netanyahu’s 4th

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May 15, 2015

Phase Three was finally completed on May 14th 2015, almost two months after the election, following the 61-59 vote in the Knesset plenum.

Israel’s 34th Government (Netanyahu’s 4th)

20 Ministers + PM

Prime Minister + Foreign Minister + Health Minister + Communications Minister + Regional Cooperation Minister + Authority of Jerusalem Affairs Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)

Finance Minister – Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu)

Education Minister + Diaspora Affairs Minister – Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi)

Economy Minister + Negev & Galil Minister – Aryeh Deri (Shas)

Defense Minister – Moshe Yaalon (Likud)

Interior Minister + Deputy Prime Minister – Silvan Shalom (Likud)

Justice Minister – Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)

Transportation Minister + Intelligence Affairs Minister + Authority of Atomic Energy – Yisrael Katz (Likud)

Energy and Water + Partial authority of Strategic Affairs – Yuval Steinitz (Likud)

Housing Minister – Yoav Galant (Kulanu)

Religious Services Minister – David Azoulay (Shas)

Agriculture Minister – Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi)

Internal Security Minister + Tourism Minister + Minister Coordinating with Knesset – Yariv Levin (Likud)

Immigration & Absorption Minister + Partial authority of Strategic Affairs – Zeev Elkin (Likud)

Science, Technology & Space Minister – Danny Danon (Likud)

Welfare Minister – Chaim Katz (Likud)

Culture & Sport Minister – Miri Regev (Likud)

Senior Citizens Minister + Gender Equality Minister + Authority of Youth Department and Minority Affairs – Gila Gamliel (Likud)

Minister in Communications Ministry (under Communications Minister Netanyahu) – Ofir Akuins (Likud)

Minister without portfolio – Benny Begin (Likud)

Environment Minister – Avi Gabai (Kulanu)

Other Tidbits

Defense & Foreign Affairs Knesset Committee Chairman + Coalition Chairman Tzachi Hanegbi will swap places with Ofir Akunis as a Minister in the Communications Ministry in a year.

Deputy Health Minister Litzman (UTJ), Deputy Foreign Minister Hotovelly (Likud) and Deputy Regional Cooperation Minister Kara (Likud) will serve under Health, Foreign & Regional Cooperation Minister Netanyahu, without another Minister on top of them. The other Deputy Ministers, such as Deputy Defense Minister Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi), will have Ministers above them.

Likud’s  #2 Gilad Erdan refused a spot in Netanyahu’s cabinet because his requests for Foreign or Interior+Internal Security was denied.

Stay tuned for the Knesset Jeremy analysis later this weekend.

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National Referendum Bill

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March 9, 2014

The Basic Law: National Referendum will be the third of the big three to be voted on this week.

It has the least objections and requests for MK speeches.
Unlike the other two bills, this bill has no coalition objections.
The opposition decided to focus most of their efforts on the other two bills.
The bill is meant to prevent Israel from giving up her sovereign territory.

  • The National Referendum Bill will be a special election day to decide if to approve or repeal a Knesset decision to give up land that is currently under Israeli law. That applies to all of pre-1967 Israel and post-1967 areas that have been annexed such as the Golan Heights and Eastern Jerusalem.
  • The National Referendum is only implemented if the Knesset approves a decision to give up land that is currently under Israeli law. That decision is then put on hold until the results of the National Referendum.
  • 80 MKs can vote to decide against going to a National Referendum.
  • All Israeli Citizens 18 and up can vote, all other election laws apply.
  • Because it is a Basic Law it is illegal to bypass this law by a temporary measure, executive order, emergency provision, etc.
  • To change any aspect of this law or to add an amendment you must do so through an additional Basic Law, meaning a minimum of 61 MKs.
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Report: Probable look at Netanyahu government and his 21 ministers

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March 13, 2013

Report: Probable look at Netanyahu government, his 21 ministers and 8 deputy ministers.

 

Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) Prime Minister , Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

Moshe Ya`alon (Likud) Minister of Defense

Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) Minister of Finance

Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) Minister of Economy, Industry, Trade, and Labor, Minister of Religious Services, Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Jerusalem

 

Tzipi Livni (Livni Party) Minister of Justice

Gideon Sa`ar (Likud) Minister of Internal Affairs

Shai Piron (Yesh Atid) Minister of Education

 

Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Yisrael Beitenu) Minister of Internal Security

Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi) Minister of Housing and Construction

Yael German  (Yesh Atid) Minister of Health

 

Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beitenu) Minister of Tourism

Yisrael Katz (Likud) Minister of Transportation, National Infrastructure, and Road Safety

Gilad Erdan (Likud) Minister of Communications and Minister of Home Front Defence

Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid) Minister of Science and Technology

Limor Livnat (Likud) Minister of Culture and Sport

 

Yair Shamir (Yisrael Beitenu) Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) Minister of Welfare and Social Services

Uri Orbach (Bayit Yehudi) Minister for Senior Citizens

Amir Peretz (Livni Party) Minister of Environmental Protection

Sofa Landver (Yisrael Beitenu) Minister of Immigrant Absorption

 

** Silvan Shalom (Likud) Minister of Energy and Water, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galil, (possibly Minister of Regional Cooperation)

** Yuval Steinitz (Likud) Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy and Minister of Strategic Affairs

 

** = Pending

 

Reported Defense Ministers:

Deputy Defense Danon (Likud)

Deputy Foreign Elkin (Likud)

Deputy Education Vortzman (Bayit Yehudi)

Deputy Religious Ben Dahan (Bayit Yehudi)

Deputy Welfare Minister Levy (Yesh Atid)

Deputy Minister Akunis (Likud)

+ 2 more

 

* I will update this page as thing change.

 

I’m looking forward to Monday, that is most likely the day we will swear in a new government. Coalition deals should be on Knesset table Sunday. There is a 24-hour period in between.

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Knesset Jeremy Weekly Average #6: Likud Beitenu 37, Labor 21.5, Yesh Atid 13, NU-JH 11, Shas 11

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November 17, 2012

Knesset Jeremy Weekly Average #6 (week of Nov 12-Nov 18) of 2 polls (Channel 2 and Jerusalem Post):

Current Knesset seats in [brackets], Week 5 average in (brackets)

37.0 (38.0) [42] Likud Beitenu
21.5 (22.3) [08] Labor
13.0 (11.0) [–] Yesh Atid
11.0 (09.0) [07] National Union-Jewish Home
11.0 (13.0) [10] Shas
5.0 (5.6) [05] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
4.5 (3.3) [03] Meretz
3.5 (3.6) [04] Hadash
3.5 (3.0) [03] Balad
3.0 (3.3) [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
2.5 (3.6) [01] Am Shalem
2.5 (1.6) [05] Independence
2.0 (2.3) [28] Kadima

66.5 (69) [65] Right
53.5 (51) [55] Center-Left

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Channel 10 Maagar Poll: Likud 29, Labor 17, YB 15, YA 10 and Kadima 10

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July 12, 2012

The three telephone polls were conducted by Ma’agar for Channel 10 Television on July 10 2012. The sampling size was 511 Israelis and the margin of error was 4.5%. In all three polls the nationalistic camp retains their 65 seats and there is no clear alternative to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

If elections were held today who would you vote for?

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

29 [27] Likud
17 [08] Labor
15 [15] Yisrael Beitenu
10 [—] Yesh Atid
10 [28] Kadima
09 [11] Shas
06 [05] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
04 [03] Meretz
03 [04] National Union
03 [03] Jewish Home
02 [05] Independence
10 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad

Scenario Poll: Olmert joins Lapid in Yesh Atid

29 [27] Likud
17 [08] Labor
15 [15] Yisrael Beitenu
13 [—] Yesh Atid (Lapid and Olmert)
09 [11] Shas
07 [28] Kadima
06 [05] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
04 [03] Meretz
03 [04] National Union
03 [03] Jewish Home
02 [05] Independence
10 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad

Result: Yesh Atid takes away 3 seats from Kadima.

Scenario Poll: Livni joins Lapid in Yesh Atid

29 [27] Likud
16 [08] Labor
15 [15] Yisrael Beitenu
15 [—] Yesh Atid (Lapid and Livni)
09 [11] Shas
06 [28] Kadima
06 [05] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
04 [03] Meretz
03 [04] National Union
03 [03] Jewish Home
02 [05] Independence
10 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad

Result: Yesh Atid takes away 4 seats from Kadima and 1 seat from Labor.

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