Bennett tweeted: establishment of a government, like birth, but 'the doctor is optimistic '

Just before the new government establishment, as coalition talks are under way, Habayit Hayehudi Party Chairman MK Naftali Bennett twittered this morning (Friday), on his Twitter account that the way to the coalition is not simple. "If the government establishment was like the process of birth, we would be two centimeters dilated", wrote Bennett.

Despite the difficulty the writing of the first sentence implies, Bennett said: "The doctor is optimistic."

Likud Beitenu and Yesh Atid officials quoted this morning as saying that in the coming days, an agreement will be signed between the parties, after Yesh Atid chairman, MK Yair Lapid, decided to give up the foreign portfolio and replace it with the interior. According to the agreement being formulated, Bennett will serve as finance minister in the next government and Lapid gets the Interior.

Also the agreement between Likud and Habayit Hayehudi is expected to be signed very soon - and all are waiting for the declaration of the government on Wednesday.

Habayit Hayehudi and Yesh Atid denied reports last night that they demanded the finance portfolio for Bennett and foreign portfolio for Lapid as a condition of entry to the government. Bennett explained: "There is nothing like this as having a portfolio ultimatum to Netanyahu. We work hard to help the Prime Minister to set up a new government so we can begin to work for the people of Israel."

Lapid also wrote on his Facebook page: "I have also seen reports that Naftali Bennett and I put an ultimatum to Prime Minister on portfolios. It is not true of course, and not respected." According to Lapid, "it is a transparent attempt to divert attention from the real issues. Why is it transparent? Likud admit that if all I cared about was the portfolio, I could have been a senior minister a month ago."

Habayit Hayehudi requested: Responsibility for yeshivas

In the meantime, 'Yisrael Hayom' reports that, Habayit Hayehudi party has set a requirement as part of the coalition negotiations, to take over the Ministry of Religious Affairs and some of the significant wings issued in the last years.

Ministry of Religious Affairs was dismantled in 2003, when the Likud government with the party of Tommy Lapid Shinui party was leading. In 2008, the Ministry of Religious Affairs was re established in the Olmert government, and the last term of office staffed - by the Minister Yaakov Margi.

Ministry of Religious Affairs in its current form does not include the Chief Rabbinate and conversion system, are the responsibility of the Prime Minister. Beis Dins are also not subject to the Ministry, but the Ministry of Justice, in addition to yeshivas under the responsibility of Department of Education.

According to the report, Habayit Hayehudi request to return the responsibility of these departments to the Minister of Religious Affairs. "We come to the government to change things, and this is one of them," they said. "We want the ministry to improve and streamline it and the subject of religion in the state, and you cannot do it without these wings. Example, the issue of conversion in the Prime Minister's office - Everyone knows that the prime minister does not deal with conversion; he has no time for that. We need a minister who sits on the officials and places demands and improves the business. "

The Yeshiva department budgeting the haredi yeshivot, so therefore it is a landmine which will "increase the tension between the Haredim and Habayit Hayehudi, they told the newspaper:" The Haredim will also prefer that this budget will be with our party, and not Yesh Atid, if the Minister of Education, for example, will be Shai Piron. Haredim also know that it is better that Uri Orbach or Eli Ben-Dahan, who doesn't come to harm the haredi world, will be in charge of that wing."

"Concerning equal burden there are agreements"

MK Ofir Akunis, a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the morning program on Channel 10, the Foreign Ministry is saved for Yisrael Beiteinu chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman. "We said before the election and we mean it. A word is a word and when Netanyahu said that the foreign portfolio is being kept for Lieberman he will stand on it. Lapid will not receive the foreign portfolio.

"Likud offered Lapid with great fairness one of the major cases - the Ministry of Finance. Because of the huge deficit the challenge is larger and I'm sure that if this case would be cast on some people in Likud they would take it," said the MK.

According to him, every day there is progress in the coalition negotiations. Concerning the number of cabinet ministers Akunis said that Likud heard that there will form a government with 28 ministers, but the actual number will be between 18 to 28. "There is no exact number but it will be more than 18 and will be less than 28".

When the close associate of the Prime Minister was asked on the ideological proximity between the platform Shabbos he does not know if the agreements will be reached. "Concerning equal burden of course there are agreements. We received the outline of Yesh Atid and as it seems this morning the Haredim will unfortunately not be partners in the next government." However, he noted that the alliance between Likud and the haredi parties is not over.

When asked about the feature in the present Likud Party in light of the small number of cases the part is expected to receive, he said: "the ruling party is the last in the distribution of files and the headlines are always on incitement".

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