According to estimates, the prime minister will appoint MK Tzachi Hanegbi, his preferred candidate, to the position, and he will later be replaced by MK Ofer Shelah of Yesh Atid, the preferred candidate of Finance Minister Yair Lapid. The dispute between Netanyahu and the Yesh Atid chairman over who will be awarded the position of chairman of the prestigious committee has so far prevented the position from being filled, which has been vacant since MK Avigdor Lieberman was appointed Foreign Minister.
