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Otzma Yehudit to vote with coalition again after Smotrich, Ben Gvir announce progress in budget talks

Religious Zionisn party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
In a joint statement, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announce that “significant progress” has been made in budget talks, and Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party will resume voting alongside the coalition in the coming days.
Ben Gvir has been voting against the coalition over his demand for a larger budget for the police force, which he oversees as national security minister.