Overview
- On Sunday, the cabinet approved Justice Minister Yariv Levin to serve as minister of Religious Services, Labor, and Jerusalem and Heritage.
- Levin said he will hold the additional portfolios only until December 31.
- The government temporarily transferred certain Interior Ministry authorities to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara warned that concentrating four portfolios under one minister poses legal and administrative risks.
- The vacancies stem from the resignations of Shas and United Torah Judaism ministers over the stalled Draft Law, and ultra-Orthodox parties were expected to support the appointments.