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Smotrich said refusing to sign ‘loyalty pledge’ to Netanyahu
Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich is refusing to sign a so-called “loyalty pledge” to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the March elections, according to Hebrew media reports.
The agreement would prevent Smotrich from holding independent coalition negotiations.
The ultra-Orthodox parties — United Torah Judaism and Shas — have reportedly signed the pledge.
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