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Sderot mayor Alon Davidi, previously a Likud member, joins Bennett’s Yamina
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi on July 28, 2016. (Prime Minister's Office)
Alon Davidi, mayor of the Gaza-adjacent city of Sderot which has been targeted by terrorists with thousands of rockets over the past 15 years, announces he is entering national politics by joining Naftali Bennett’s right-wing Yamina party.
Davidi has previously been a registered member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.
He has been Sderot mayor for seven years, and is the deputy head of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel.
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