Likud Reserves Knesset Seats for Three Ministers Including Defense and Foreign Affairs

First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 6 hours ago

What happened

Likud is reserving Knesset seats for Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and party chairman Haim Katz to allow them to focus on their roles, alongside Prime Minister Netanyahu's eight reserved slots.

• 01Likud reserves Knesset seats for Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and Minister Haim Katz.
• 02Israel Katz's seat is to let him focus on security, not politics, per party statement.
• 03Party court ruled to reserve a seat for the defense minister last week.
• 04Sa'ar's placement is part of a unity deal with the Statehood Right party.
• 05Haim Katz's reservation is due to his role as party center chairman.
• 06They join businessman Oren Dobronski, also granted a reserved seat by Netanyahu.

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