The Israeli “Haaretz” reported that the government agreed – today, Sunday – to activate the rotation agreement between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Energy, whereby Israel Katz was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, while Eli Cohen took over the Energy and Infrastructure portfolio.
The newspaper indicated that the exchange of ministries depends on the vote, which will also take place later during the plenary session in The KnessetWithout specifying a date.
The Israeli media explained that this appointment comes within the framework of a previous agreement between the two ministers regarding the exchange of ministerial portfolios, and this was completed a year after the formation of the current government headed by him. Benjamin Netanyahu.
With the formation of the government in December 2022, an agreement was reached to alternate between the two ministers, with Cohen assuming the foreign ministry for a year, followed by a two-year period for Katz, and then Cohen returning to take over the foreign ministry for the fourth and final year, on the condition that the government continues its term.
So far, the government has not issued any statement in this context.
Netanyahu adheres to the agreement
Despite the sensitive political timing that the government is going through, Netanyahu adhered to the agreement to end Cohen’s term in the Foreign Ministry, according to what the newspaper wrote.
This development comes after Foreign Minister Eli Cohen acknowledged the government’s responsibility for the attack it carried out Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigadesthe military wing ofHamason the seventh of last October, in the name of “Al-Aqsa flood“Amid calls from the opposition and the Israeli street to dismiss the government immediately and organize early elections as a result of its military failure in the war on… Gaza strip.
Since the “Al-Aqsa Flood” Chen Israel A devastating war on Gaza, which as of Saturday resulted in the death of 21,672 Palestinians and the injury of 56,165 others, most of them children and women. This war also caused massive destruction of infrastructure and left an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to Palestinian and international reports.
