Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced his intention to add three new Cabinet ministers to the government. At the end of an address before a special Knesset session Monday, the Israeli prime minister said he plans to give Cabinet posts to the incoming leader of the National Religious Party, Effi Eitam, a former brigadier general and political hawk; to the party’s outgoing leader, Yitzhak Levy; and to Gesher Party leader David Levy.
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