Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced the appointment of Rabbi Rafi Peretz, Chairman of the United Right, as Minister of Education and the appointment of Member of Knesset Bezalel Smotrich, Chairman of the United Right's National Union faction, as Transportation Minister.
Netanyahu said, "I was happy to receive their support for me and the Likud. The deep and strong partnership of the Likud under my leadership with the Religious Zionist Movement and the United Right will continue during and after the election campaign," echoing comments by the two newly-named ministers in their words of thanks for the appointments.