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From the Liveblog of Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Otzma Yehudit’s Itamar Ben Gvir also okayed by elections committee

6 March 2019, 5:36 pm

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Following the vote on Michael Ben Ari, the Central Elections Committee has voted similarly to approve the candidacy of his fellow Otzma Yehudit party member Itamar Ben Gvir.

As with Ben Ari, 15 members of the committee vote to reject Ben Gvir’s candidacy and 16 vote against, defeating the motion.

Members of the extremist Otzma Yehudit party, chairman Michael Ben Ari, left, and number two Itamar Ben Gvir, right, attend a meeting of the Central Elections Committee in the Knesset on March 6, 2019 to discuss appeals calling for Ben Ari’s disqualification from running in the April Knesset elections. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

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