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After being sworn in as minister, Likud’s Amsalem gives up Knesset seat
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Likud MK David Amsalem speaks in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A day after being sworn in as a minister, Likud MK David Amsalem resigns from the Knesset under the so-called Norwegian Law.
Amsalem, who will serve as a second minister in the Justice Ministry, as well as regional cooperation minister and liaison between the government and Knesset, has long wielded influence in the Knesset, at times confounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He will be replaced in Knesset by Likud member Avichai Boaron.
