The Knesset General Authority, on first reading, ratified two laws to appoint the head of the Shas party, Aryeh Deri, as minister despite being convicted of corruption offences and sentenced to suspended imprisonment, while the second to allow the appointment of a minister to the Ministry of Security who is responsible for the occupation "civil administration" in the occupied West Bank at the request of the President of Religious Zionism.

The outgoing Minister of Security, Benny Gantz, opposed "the Smotrich Act, accusing Netanyahu of" inserting politics deep into security. "