BREAKING NEWS

Goldknopf informs Netanyahu he is giving up security cabinet seat

United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Goldknopf informed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon he will not take up a security cabinet seat, as was initially agreed in the coalition agreements.

The cabinet seat caused a spar between Goldknopf's Agudat Yisrael faction and the Degel Hatorah faction within UTJ, who objected to his inclusion in the security cabinet.