Gideon Sa'ar, chairman of the New Hope party, has announced the portfolios his faction will receive in the government as part of an agreement with Likud. Sa'ar will become foreign minister, while party MK Ze'ev Elkin will be appointed a minister in the Finance Ministry. Elkin will oversee the rehabilitation of the war-ravaged south and north, including the Gaza border communities overrun by Hamas terrorists. Sa'ar and Elkin will also be part of the team formulating the plan for postwar Gaza. MK Sharren Haskel will become deputy foreign minister, focusing on public diplomacy.