12:02:

PA (Palestinian Authority) ambulances transferred the bodies of the accident victims in Jordan from the Allenby Bridge to Jenin under the coordination of the IDF Civil Administration and the office of the Coordinator of Activities in the Territories.

12:03:

PM Netanyahu announced the Moshe Ya’alon will be the defense minister.

12:07:

The Security/Political Cabinet will be limited to 7 ministers.

12:10:

Gilad Erdan (Likud) will serve as Minister of Homefront Security and Communications as well as serving as a member of the 7-man Security/Political Cabinet.

13:55:

MK Uri Orbach (Bayit Yehudi) has been appointed minister of Senior Citizen Affairs.

14:00:

MK (Likud/Beitenu) Ofir Akunis will be the coordinator between the Knesset and the cabinet.

14:02:

MK (Likud/Beitenu) Tzachi Hanegbi will not serve as a minister in the new cabinet. He will be assigned to the Prime Minister’s Office and serve as a deputy minister for part of the term of the 19th Knesset. He will rotate the deputy post with Ofir Akunis.

14:05:

MK (Likud/Beitenu) Danny Danon, fifth on the party lineup, will serve as deputy minister of defense. He told reporters “I am certain if a vacancy opens, I will be appointed as a cabinet minister.”

14:36:

Shomron Residents Committee applauds the appointment of Moshe Ya’alon as Defense Minister.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)