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JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to be preparing to seek Cabinet approval Wednesday for the appointment of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar as Israel’s interior minister.
The planned appointment would return Sa’ar to a post he held between 2013 and 2014. Cabinet approval is still pending; the announcement is not a completed appointment.
Likud said Netanyahu initially offered the position to MK Ofir Katz. Katz is reported to have declined so that he could focus on coordinating the right-wing bloc’s parliamentary moves in the Knesset.
The planned Cabinet submission comes as Israel’s 26th Knesset opens its term. The timing of any approval and Sa’ar’s formal entry into the role remain separate from the announcement of Netanyahu’s intention to nominate him.
What it means: Netanyahu is moving to fill the Interior Ministry post, but the next step is a Cabinet decision rather than a transfer of authority already completed.
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