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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
If elections averted, Likud official says PM will likely be forced to give Justice Ministry to Smotrich
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior Likud official tells Channel 13 news that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu manages to cobble together a coalition before the deadline tomorrow evening, the premier will have no choice but to heed to the Union of Right-Wing Parties’ demand and make its No. 2 Bezalel Smotrich justice minister.
The official explains that Netanyahu’s first choice for the portfolio is Likud’s Yariv Levin, but with the time crunch to form a coalition, the official speculates that there will not be an opportunity for the premier to hold out on the position for Levin.
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