Article: Israel And The Last Days
 

The government unanimously gave the go-ahead for Avigdor Liberman to become defense minister Monday morning as a deal to bring his five-seat Yisrael Beytenu faction into the coalition moved forward. Party member Sofa Landver was also voted in as immigrant absorption minister, and Likud member Tzachi Hanegbi was made minister without portfolio, according to a message from the Prime Minister’s Office. The three are set to be sworn in as ministers on Monday afternoon once the Knesset, too, approves the move.  The confirmation came after late-night talks led to the resolution of a coalition crisis that threatened to topple the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a demand by Jewish Home head Naftali Bennett for an overhaul to the security cabinet