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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Netanyahu Backs Army Against Ben-Gvir

Activists dispersing after the Israeli soldiers fired tear gas near Hebron in September (EPA)

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has joined the critics of Ultra-nationalist Jewish Power leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, calling for Israel's military to be "left out of any political argument".

"The Israeli army is the people's army, I call on everyone, right and left, to leave it out of any political debate," Netanyahu tweeted.

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