Israeli Shas chairman Eli Yishai will take Israel's Interior Ministry portfolio as Netanyahu has signed a coalition deal with Shas party.
Based on the late Sunday agreement which is the Prime Minister-designate's second coalition deal, Eli Yishai will take the Interior Ministry portfolio and will serve as Netanyahu's deputy, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The deal also guarantees Shas the Construction and Housing, and Religious Services portfolios.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu's Likud party started coalition talks with Labor party of Ehud Barak Monday morning in order to formulate a draft of a coalition agreement ahead of a Tuesday Labor convention that is set to decide the fate of the party.
Last week, Netanyahu initialed an agreement with the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party of Avigdor Lieberman.
Netanyahu is still seeking to persuade the centrist Kadima party of outgoing Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to join his coalition, but she is demanding a rotation of the premiership.
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