Israel’s Likud party, led by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, has signed the first deal in the upcoming governing coalition with far-right Jewish Power party, Itamar Ben Gvir, under which he will become minister of national security, despite the United States and international warnings against his appointment to a sensitive post.
And both Likud and Jewish power have announced a deal giving Ben Gvir expanded powers in his new position as minister of national security (expanded internal security minister), making him a minister in the political and security cabinet and a member of the le various ministerial commissions. Ben Gvir’s party comrades will also receive the Ministry of Development of Galilee and the Negev, to be assumed by Yitzhak Wasserlov, and the Ministry of Heritage, to be assumed by Amichai Eliyahu, in addition to the duties distributed between the Deputy Minister of Economy , Chairman of the Internal Security Committee and Chairman of the Israel Fund Committee alternately.
In the new deal, Likud agreed to demands that have been the subject of great controversy and controversy, including the establishment of a national guard whose mission is to restore power and control in the streets and border guard units that were affiliated with the Army will be transferred to the National Guard.
In addition to the National Guard, the powers of the Secretary of Homeland Security will include the Green Police, a unit which deals with environmental risks, the Green Patrol, which was under the Nature and Parks Authority, and the Land Enforcement Authority, which operates under the Treasury Department.
The deal also included extending the powers of the Ministry of Development of the Negev and Galilee to become responsible for the legalization process of casual settlement outposts in the West Bank.
