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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
Netanyahu calls on Otzma Yehudit to quit race ‘to ensure right-wing rule’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe prime minister is calling on Itamar Ben Gvir to halt Otzma Yehudit’s election campaign after it is left outside the new union of small right-wing parties.
Associates of Benjamin Netanyahu blame New Right chief Naftali Bennett for “placing the entire right-wing rule in danger” through his veto on Otzma Yehudit.
They say in a statement: “The prime minister praises the leadership shown by Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who despite the heavy personal cost acted to minimize the damage cause by Bennett to the right-wing bloc and saved votes in the bloc.”
“Now the prime minister expects Ben Gvir, despite the difficulty, to leave the race in order to ensure right-wing rule.”
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