The Cabinet
A look at the four parties and 25 political players with a seat at the new Israeli power table.
Ronnie Bar-On (Kadima), Minister of the Interior;
Ze’ev Boim (Kadima), Minister of Immigrant Absorption;
Ya’acov Edri (Kadima), Minister without portfolio (responsible for liaison with the Knesset);
Gideon Ezra (Kadima), Minister of the Environment;
Shaul Mofaz (Kadima), Minister of Transportation;
Haim Ramon (Kadima), Minister of Justice;
Meir Sheetrit (Kadima), Minister of Housing and Construction;
Eitan Cabel (Labor), Minister without portfolio (responsible for the Israel Broadcasting Authority);
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor), Minister of National Infrastructure;
Isaac Herzog (Labor), Minister of Tourism;
Ophir Pines-Paz (Labor), Minister of Culture and Sport;
Shalom Simhon (Labor), Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Yuli Tamir (Labor), Minister of Education;
Ariel Atias (Shas), Minister of Communications;
Yitzhak Cohen (Shas), Minister without portfolio (responsible for the religious councils);
Meshulam Nahari (Shas), Minister without portfolio;
Eli Yishai (Shas), Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor;
Yacov Ben Yizri (Gil), Minister of Health;
Rafi Eitan (Gil), Minister without portfolio (responsible for pensioners).
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