Generally speaking, only cabinet ministers attend the weekly cabinet meeting, with the exception of Deputy Health Minister R’ Yaakov Litzman, who is in essence an acting minister. Deputy ministers are not invited to attend, but this past Sunday, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Gila Gamliel was invited to attend, to brief ministers on a project she is involved in, involving IDF veterans towards advancing education opportunities for them.

Despite the prestigious invitation, Gamliel did not attend, but instead found herself in a labor room, delivering a child. The cabinet heard a briefing from Eyal Gabbai, the director-general of the Prime Minister’s Bureau, who is working on the project with Gamliel.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)