Government in the making

By GIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
The Netanyahu government An asterisk appears next to the names of ministers and deputy ministers whose appointment has not yet been finalized. Prime Minister: Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud Vice Premier: None *Vice Premier and Regional Cooperation Minister: Silvan Shalom, Likud and Moshe Ya'alon, Likud *Deputy Prime Minister: Ehud Barak, Eli Yishai, Dan Meridor, maybe others Defense: Ehud Barak, Labor Foreign Affairs: Avigdor Lieberman, Israel Beiteinu Finance: Yuval Steinitz, Likud Education: Gideon Sa'ar, Likud Justice: Yaakov Neeman, Likud Interior: Eli Yishai, Shas Industry, Trade and Labor: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Labor Welfare and Social Services: Isaac Herzog, Labor Construction and Housing: Ariel Atias, Shas Diaspora Affairs and National Public Relations: Yuli Edelstein, Likud, also in charge of Israel Broadcast Authority and foreign press spokesmen in the Prime Minister's Office Internal Security: Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Israel Beiteinu Transportation: Yisrael Katz, Likud National Infrastructures: Uzi Landau, Israel Beiteinu *Health: Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud Agriculture and Rural Development: Shalom Simhon, Labor Communications: Moshe Kahlon, Likud Tourism: Stas Meseznikov, Israel Beiteinu Environmental Protection and Ministerial Liaison to Knesset: Gilad Erdan, Likud Science and Technology: Daniel Herschkowitz, Habayit Hayehudi Immigrant Absorption: Sofa Landver, Israel Beiteinu Culture and Sport: Limor Livnat, Likud Religious Services: Ya'acov Margi, Shas Minister-without-portfolio for citizens' services, computerization and Internet: Michael Eitan, Likud Strategic Affairs: Moshe Ya'alon, Likud Minister-without-Portfolio for intelligence agencies: Dan Meridor, Likud Minister-without-Portfolio for minorities: Avishay Braverman, Labor Minister-without-Portfolio in Prime Minister's Office: Meshulam Nahari, Shas *Minister-without-Portfolio: Bennie Begin Minister-without-Portfolio: Yossi Peled Deputy ministers Defense: Matan Vilna'i, Labor Foreign Affairs: Danny Ayalon, Israel Beiteinu *Health: Reserved for Moshe Gafni, United Torah Judaism *Education: Reserved for Menahem Moses, United Torah Judaism Industry Trade and Labor: Orit Noked, Labor Pensioners' Affairs: Leah Ness, Likud Finance: Amnon Cohen, Shas Prime Minister's Office: Youth and women's issues: Gila Gamliel Negev and Galillee: Ayoub Kara, Likud