The Arrangements Committee Was Approved; Liberman and Avisar Ben Horin Recommended to Head the Finance and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees

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The Knesset plenum approved, by 63 supporters to 50 opponents, the establishment of the Arrangements Committee headed by MK Roi Folkman, which will include 22 Knesset members. The full details of the composition and the division between the factions are still not entirely clear.

The Arrangements Committee recommended that MK Avigdor Liberman head the interim Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and MK Liran Avisar Ben Horin head the interim Finance Committee. The recommendation was approved by 13 supporters to nine opponents, according to the report of the committee session.

MK Roi Folkman of the Yashar faction chairs the Arrangements Committee, and his proposal set one representative for every five Knesset members. In Likud, they claimed that the Eisenkot, Liberman and Bennett parties cooperated with Tibi and Abbas, and attacked the rejection of the proposal of Likud faction chairman Ofir Katz.