MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) said in an interview with Channel 13 News on Tuesday that the dismissal of ministers Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett, as well other changes made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the transitional government, were meant to "create a government that reflects the current Knesset."
"It does not make sense that there will be three ministerial portfolios for the Jewish Home party, so the dismissals of Minister Uri Ariel and Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton (who is a member of the Kulanu party -ed.) are expected as well," Kisch said. "It is quite possible that the Shas party will receive another portfolio because they have grown and increased their power."
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