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Minister and chair of Bayit Yehudi party, Naftali Bennett.

The teams representing the Likud and Bayit Yehudi parties continue to meet to work out a coalition deal.

At this point, the primary road block is the position that Bayit Yehudi party head Naftali Bennett will receive.

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Bennett is demanding the Foreign Ministry, a job he would be very good at, after his excellent representation of Israel during Operation Protective Edge.

Netanyahu wants to give the Foreign Ministry to Avigdor Liberman.

If Bennett doesn’t receive the Foreign Ministry position, which is considered a top senior position, Netanyahu may try to compensate Bennett with additional, smaller ministries to make up for the difference, or combine different ministries together to create a custom tailored senior ministry for Bennett to run.

Presumably, Bennett would be part of the inner-circle security cabinet, regardless of what position he receives.

With the Iran nuclear threat in the air, there are rumors floating of a potential unity government between Likud and Labor, but both sides have denied that this is an option.

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