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May 19, 2020

Bureaucratic Chaos, Not Bloating, Is the Real Problem with Israel’s New Government

Worse than creating new ministries, the coalition has gutted old ones.

On Sunday, the Knesset formally approved the new governing coalition, which has an unprecedent 35 ministers, and an additional sixteen deputy ministers. (Since 2001, there have, on average, been about 26 per government.) New ministries have had to be created, and, Haviv Rettig Gur writes, many Israelis are concerned about the resulting expenses and inefficiencies:

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May 19, 2020

  1. The Environmental Group That Gives Cover to Hizballah in Lebanon

    Green Without Borders.

  2. Bureaucratic Chaos, Not Bloating, Is the Real Problem with Israel’s New Government

    Worse than creating new ministries, the coalition has gutted old ones.

  3. Islamic State’s Rivalry with al-Qaeda Runs Deep

    The two groups won’t be making peace any time soon.

  4. A New Book Traces the Roots of Israeli Democracy to the Legacy of the Conversos

    Reading the Bible as a justification for liberty.

  5. The Story of the Russian Rothschilds

    The Gunzburgs.