For 12 years, Israel’s security Cabinet was the near-exclusive domain of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's now about to change from one extreme to the other.
On June 16, the “government of change” approved the new security Cabinet in a telephone poll of the government. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will now head what is considered to be the most prestigious and important decision-making body forum in Israel, consisting of nine men and three women. The prime minister will be joined by Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, Justice Minister Gideon Saar, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, Transportation and Road Safety Minister Merav Michaeli, Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton, Minister of Housing and Construction Zeev Elkin and Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana.
