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The Walla news site reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to appoint Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz as the next US ambassador in place of Gilad Erdan, who is supposed to take up the role in addition to the UN envoy position he already holds.
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
According to the outlet, Netanyahu is meeting with Erdan, and giving him the choice of choosing which position he wants to keep and which he wants Steinitz to have.
Steinitz has been closely involved in US and UN-brokered negotiations with Lebanon over a maritime border dispute.
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Screen capture from video showing crowding at Ben Gurion Airport, December 13, 2020. (Channel 12 news)
The transportation and health ministries will join forces to ensure that proper social distancing is maintained in the country’s main international airport, preventing passengers from crowding at check-in counters or in line for passport control.
Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein issued a joint statement Sunday saying they will establish a work group tasked with ensuring coronavirus social distancing protocols are observed at Ben Gurion Airport.
The move came after recent days have seen crowding in both the departure and arrival halls.
The group, headed by Transportation Ministry Director-General Ofer Malka and Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Itamar Grotto, will advise on “the necessary steps to take at Ben Gurion Airport during the processing of passengers on departing and arriving flights, with the aim of ensuring strict observan