Netanyahu to Lapid: Join Israeli war government, receive Justice Ministry

According to the report, Yesh Atid's joining the government would not entail removing other parties from the government but would entail a redistribution of the government ministries.

The Likud offered the opposition party Yesh Atid to place one of its members as justice minister instead of current Justice Minister Yariv Levin in exchange for it joining the government, Kan journalist Ze'ev Kam reported a "senior Likud minister" as saying on Wednesday.

According to the report, Yesh Atid's joining the government would not entail removing other parties from the government but would entail a redistribution of the government ministries in order to "broaden it even more during the period of the war and afterward." This would include removing additional ministries from the current coalition members and giving them to Yesh Atid.

A similar offer was made to National Unity if it will commit to staying in the government for a longer period, the report added. National Unity joined the government a few days after the Hamas massacre on October 7. It entered five ministers into the government, but all are currently ministers-without-portfolio. National Unity has said that it plans to leave the government when the security situation stabilizes.