The Knesset plenum will vote on the accession of Yisrael Beiteinu to the coalition this evening.
“IDF Radio” (Galei Zahal) reports that the cabinet has approved the appointment of Yisrael Beiteinu chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman as deputy prime minister and minister responsible for strategic affairs.
Only Minister of Science, Culture and Sports Ophir Pines-Paz of Labor voted against Lieberman’s appointment, implying that he could resign from the government.
The cabinet also appointed Minister of Defense Amir Peretz to head a ministerial committee for the non-Jewish sector, and MK Ephraim Sneh (Labor) as Deputy Minister of Defense.
The Knesset plenum will vote on the accession of Yisrael Beiteinu to the coalition this evening.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on October 30, 2006
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