The Cabinet to be announced by Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday is likely to place Knesset Members Benny Begin and Dan Meridor in the Cabinet without portfolios, according to most Israeli media analysts. Former Education Minster Limor Livnat is slated to take over the Sports and Culture Ministry after the responsibility for Science was made a separate ministry to be headed by Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, chairman of the Jewish Home party.
MK Gilad Erdan is likely to be named Minister of Environment. New MK Moshe Ya’alon, former IDF Chief of Staff, may head the defunct Ministry for Strategic Affairs, and veteran MK Yisrael Katz will be Transportation and Road Safety Minister.