Five Blue and White ministers quit Knesset to make room for new MKs

They will be replaced in the Knesset by the next candidates on the Blue and White list: Former Yesh Atid MK Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Einav Kabala, Tehila Friedman & Hila Shay Vazan.

By GIL HOFFMAN
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz met with four Knesset candidates who will be part of the Blue and White faction in the coalition, and welcomed them. (photo credit: NOAM MOSKOWITZ)
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz met with four Knesset candidates who will be part of the Blue and White faction in the coalition, and welcomed them.
(photo credit: NOAM MOSKOWITZ)
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday that the following five ministers in his party would quit the Knesset in accordance with the Norwegian Law: Chili Tropper, Assaf Zamir, Alon Schuster, Izhar Shay and Michael Biton.
They will be replaced in the Knesset by the next candidates on the Blue and White list: Former Yesh Atid MK Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Einav Kabala, Tehila Friedman and Hila Shay Vazan.
Of the five, only Lahav Hertzanu will be part of the Yesh Atid-Telem faction in the opposition.
Gantz met with the remaining four, who will be part of the Blue and White faction in the coalition, and welcomed them.
With five men quitting in favor of four women and one man, the number of women in the Knesset will rise from 29 to 33.
Four of the Blue and White ministers filed their resignation at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Their resignation as well as the entry of four of the new MKs to the Knesset will take effect on Friday.
Blue and White ministers present their resignation to Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin (Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin's Office)
Blue and White ministers present their resignation to Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin (Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin's Office)
Izhar Shay, one of the Blue and White ministers who agreed to quit, has yet to file his resignation because he is in quarantine until Thursday after his driver contracted COVID-19. Shay does not intend to go to the Knesset again until Monday to deliver his letter of resignation, which means that Shay Vazan will only become a Knesset member on Wednesday, 48 hours after Shay's resignation is delivered.
Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush quit the Knessert at 4:18 p.m. on Wednesday. Former MK Yitzhak Pindrus, who was the next candidate on the United Torah Judaism list, will enter the Knesset when the resignation becomes official at the same time on Friday.


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