Bennett eyes Finance post, Lapid demands to be FM
Yesh Atid leader rejects Likud Beytenu's offer of the Finance portfolio and will continue to push for Foreign Ministry.
Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett is the leading candidate for Finance Ministry, as Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid did not accept Likud Beytenu's offer of the portfolio Tuesday.
A senior Likud-Beytenu source said that Lapid had been offered the Finance Ministry, and that the party would keep the Foreign Ministry, Lapid's preferred portfolio.
Lapid has yet to give Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu an answer, but sources in his party say he will continue to push for the Foreign Ministry, with the Interior Ministry as his second choice.
No progress was made on coalition negotiations on Tuesday, mainly due to the impasse over the Foreign Ministry and Yesh Atid's demand that there be only 18 Ministries.
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