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Religious Zionism will meet on potential resignation ahead of cabinet vote on hostage deal
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Religious Zionism faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Religious Zionism party will meet this morning to decide on its future in the governing coalition, ahead of an expected cabinet vote on the hostage-ceasefire deal, Hebrew media reports.
The far-right party may resign from the government in opposition to the deal, which party leader Bezalel Smotrich decried last night as “bad and dangerous.”
Citing an unnamed source familiar with the details of the Religious Zionism party’s deliberations, Ynet reports that Smotrich is worried the deal will “stick to him” and damage his reputation among his voter base if he remains in the coalition.
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