
Likud party leaders expressed anger over an expected lineup of a new cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu after realizing that major ministerial portfolios could not be allocated to their party members.
Israeli media said that the party's leadership was infuriated after reports that Shas party leader Aryeh Deri could be named finance minister, and head of the Religious Zionism party Bezalel Smotrich as defense minister, and leader of the Jewish Power party Itamar Ben-Gvir as the internal security minister.