The Council of Torah Sages of the Shas movement has announced that MK Moshe Arbel, previously deputy Health and Interior Minister, will be appointed Health and Interior Minister.
"It has been decided that at this time, MK Rabbi Moshe Arbel, who has served as deputy Health and Interior Minister, will be appointed as Health and Interior Minister until such time as Rabbi Aryeh Deri will be able to resume serving as a government minister, at which time Rabbi Arbel will revert to being deputy minister," Rabbi Moshe Maya, the senior member of the Council, announced.