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The announcement that professor Amir Yaron would be the next governor of the Bank of Israel should have been Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s big moment in the spotlight. Then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stole the show from him.
Economic reporters were invited to the prime minister’s office Oct. 9 to meet with Netanyahu and Kahlon. They were told that the two men would reveal the name of the next governor of the Bank of Israel. The prime minister could have been nice to the finance minister and allowed him to deliver the news. Instead, Netanyahu stood alone in front of all the cameras to explain why Yaron was chosen for the job.
