Likud-led bloc fast-tracks legislation crucial to incoming coalition, seeking to expand and reshape ministerial authorities, prevent MK rebellions

Editor David Horovitz on today's Knesset agenda and Thursday's live-streamed event, 'Israel’s Judiciary: Reform or Ruin?'; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on the winter 'tripledemic'

Parties will seek to quickly pass 3 bills to expand Ben Gvir's authority over police, put a Religious Zionism minister in the Defense Ministry and enable Deri to join government

But reports say Gali Baharav-Miara expected to express reservations over proposed amendment that would allow Shas chief to serve as minister despite suspended jail sentence

Deri will serve as both health and interior minister before replacing Smotrich as health minister after 2 years; Haredi party will head religious services and welfare ministries

Netanyahu's party to form 2 Knesset committees aimed at fast-tracking controversial legislative blitz to let convicted Deri be minister, hand far-right ministers wider powers

With many departments reportedly being divided up among political parties, opposition holds emergency Knesset meeting on 'Stopping the education system's liquidation sale'

Netanyahu's Likud agrees to transfer hundreds of neighborhood facilities from education ministry to interior, after handing extremist lawmaker some school programming, report says

Mickey Levy says incoming coalition forcing move to allow Shas leader Deri to serve as minister despite tax fraud conviction; vote for new speaker to take place on Monday

Shas chief reportedly demanding that interior and health ministries, which are to be held by his party, be exempt from oversight by Finance Ministry’s budgetary department

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