21.   Moving Hurtado would clear a place for Cabello to be infrastructure minister, according to the reports.

22.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce Friday the appointment of hardline nationalist Ariel Sharon to the newly created post of infrastructure minister, according to Israeli public radio.

23.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally asked the Israeli parliament to approve the appointment of hardline nationalist Ariel Sharon as infrastructure minister on Monday.

24.   Sharon, a controversial opponent of Palestinian self-rule, must now wait until Sunday to be approved as infrastructure minister, government officials said.