Netanyahu to finish cabinet lineup after ministerial law amended

The Knesset Wednesday completed its second and third reading of the Basic Law amendment for removing the 18-minister limit on government, and voted it into law by a slim majority of 61:59. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who planned a coalition cabinet of 20 ministers now hands out portfolios to his own Likud, after allocating ministerial posts to the six coalition parties. The complete lineup may be presented Thursday.