The Likud and Shas parties signed a joint coalition agreement minutes ago.
Minister Yariv Levin, who signed on behalf of the Likud, said, "I welcome the signing of the coalition agreement with Shas, the Likud's senior partner and the first of the right-wing bloc members to join the government."
Former Minister Ariel Atias, who represented Shas in the signing of the agreement, welcomed the cooperation between Likud and Shas. He said that Shas retained the principles that led it to the great achievement of the elections both in maintaining the education [portfolio], Jewish tradition and status quo, and in addressing the weak populations, setting budgets via the interior ministries, the Negev periphery and Galilee [portfolios].