New Right chairwoman MK Ayelet Shaked on Friday welcomed the appointment of Naftali Bennett as Defense Minister, as agreed upon earlier in the day between Bennett and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
“Netanyahu offered us two ministerial portfolios from among the vacant ones: Agriculture, Diaspora and Welfare or just Defense. In a joint decision, we agreed that Bennett would be appointed Defense Minister until the government is formed. I am convinced that this is what is right for the State of Israel,” Shaked tweeted prior to the start of Shabbat in Israel.
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