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Report: Otzma Yehudit to abstain on key budget vote due to move to fire Shin Bet chief
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Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir chairs a faction meeting at the Knesset, February 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Otzma Yehudit will abstain from voting on the state budget’s key Arrangements Law this week as a gesture toward the coalition, due to its moves — long sought by the far-right party — toward firing the Shin Bet chief and the attorney general, Channel 12 reports.
Talks on the party’s return to the coalition will continue ahead of the budget vote next week, the report says.
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