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Netanyahu: I would like to emphasize three things that will guide us: Unity, responsibility and work.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting:

“This Government is a genuine unity Government. It was created out of a sense of deep responsibility concerning the need to deal with the urgent security, economic and social challenges that Israel faces. Today we will roll up our sleeves and get to work.”

At the first cabinet meeting, the diplomatic-security cabinet was formed as well as the cancelation of the previous Government’s decision regarding the Prime Minister’s Residence. “We shall analyze this issue anew and we will present another, more modest proposal” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu also discussed the importance of quickly passing of the bi-annual budget “in order to cope with the economic crisis “.” In the coming days, I will appoint someone to head the health system so that there will be a clear address to lead that important establishment” Netanyahu said.

An additional issue that was discussed was the Social Welfare. “We shall provide first-aid to needy families for Passover. I will work with Social Welfare and Social Services Minister Isaac Herzog and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz in order to resolve the problem of nutritional security. In the coming days, I will appoint someone to head the health system so that there will be a clear address to lead that important establishment” Netanyahu concluded.

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