Hotovely herself stated she does not mind Shalom being in charge of the “peace file,” and she correctly noted that it is “irrelevant,”
Now the foreign media and nations of the world have to deal with a Foreign Minister who not only is right-wing but also carries with her the word of God.
That scares the daylights out of the Israeli secular left and even the center-left, especially the establishment media, whose attitude is, “Leave God in the synagogue.”
The Europe Union and the Obama administration are going to have to learn how to answer a Dvar Torah when they meet Hotovely.
They can argue all they want that Israel’s security is dependent on the creation of the Palestinian Authority as a country, but are U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama, who love so much to thump the Bible when politically convenient, going to argue with Rabbi Yitzchak, the Torah sage cited by Rashi?
Netanyahu’s choice of Hotovely is pure genius.
Israel now has a Foreign Minister who is a woman, is very attractive, is religious without wearing her beliefs as a threat speaks English well, is not ashamed to be an Orthodox Jew and packs Rashi in her carry-on.