Due to the demands of coalition partners, Likud members will have very few ministerial portfolios in the coming government. Binyamin Netanyahu originally sought to give himself the Finance Minister along with Prime Minister post, but he may need to reconsider to appease his own party. Moreover, with Labor now in the coalition, many supporters of the left-wing party canceled membership in the group. Labor, in the Prime Minister’s office only 10 years ago, is slowly witnessing its own death with a poor electoral showing this year and membership numbers dwindling.
Negotiations for the return of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit continue, with Hamas claiming that the Israeli government agreed to weaken its terms and that the deal may be acceptable to Hamas.
Australian academics intend on joining the debate on boycotting Israeli universities. British academics caused a stir a few years back over the same attempted protest.
