News Brief

(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's appointment Ronnie Bar-On as  Finance Minister has spawned a number of proposed changes in the Cabinet, some of which have left several Kadima Knesset Members disappointed.

Meir Sheetrit will move from the Housing Ministry to the Interior Ministry, Chaim Ramon will replace Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres as Deputy  Prime Minister and Ya'akov Edery will head the Housing or Immigration Ministry.

All of the changed are subject to Cabinet approval, and a court challenge is expected against the appointment of Ramon, who recently was convicted for indecent behavior.