A religious-nationalist. A former staunch secular TV presenter. A former Likud strongman. A Russian-immigrant. A former general. An openly gay man. A Palestinian Islamist. And a staunch feminist. This is Israel's next government. 
Many pointing out there are no Mizrahi Jews; well, Gideon Saar's mother is Bukharan (I should have pointed that out). But yes, for most part this gov continues exclusion of Mizrahim (Jews from Arab countries/Arab Jews) and Sephardim (Ladino speakers from former Ottoman lands).
Of course, many are very correct in pointing out the almost non-existent representation of women among leaders. While this does not make up for this, I might add that the government has the most women ministers, with 8 holding ministerial portfolios. This is an important step up.
However, once you look at government members, the diversity does come out. There are 8 Arabs and Issawi Freij as the 4th Arab minister in Israeli history; And, a third of gov members are Mizrahi origin; there also is a woman minister of Ethiopian background. So, this is good.
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