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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Far Right’s Ben-Gvir to Be Police Minister in Coalition Deal

Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives at the scene of an explosion at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's conservative Likud party signed its first coalition deal with Itamar Ben-Gvir's far-right Jewish Power party, Likud said in a statement on Friday.

The agreement, which does not account for a full and final new government in Israel, gives Ben-Gvir the police ministry and a seat in the security cabinet.

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