New National Security Council head Shmuel Ben Ezra met today for his first working session with MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, according to the Security Cabinet. The meeting marks the first substantive engagement between Ben Ezra and the committee since his appointment was unanimously approved by the government earlier this month.
Shmuel Ben Ezra, appointed as head of the National Security Council (NSC) by the government on June 7, held his first working meeting today with MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. The meeting, described by the Security Cabinet as a working session, is the first formal professional engagement between the new NSC head and the oversight committee since Ben Ezra's appointment was unanimously approved nearly two weeks ago. No details on the substance of the discussions have been released. The appointment, which had been approved by the cabinet on June 7, was confirmed without dissent. The meeting today represents an early step in establishing the working relationship between the incoming NSC leadership and the Knesset committee that oversees Israel's security and foreign policy.
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