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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Ultranationalist Ben-Gvir May Become Election Kingmaker

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power) party, attends a campaign event in the northern Israel Kibbutz of Ayelet Hashahar on October 6, 2022. (AFP)

If Benjamin Netanyahu regains the premiership after Israel's election next month, it may be thanks to an ultranationalist firebrand whose romp into the mainstream has jolted voters otherwise exhausted by years of political deadlock.

Polls predict the joint list co-headed by Itamar Ben-Gvir's "Jewish Power" party will win as many as 13 of parliament's 120 seats, turning the 46-year-old into a potential kingmaker of a future conservative coalition.

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