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Smotrich said to demand Diaspora Affairs Ministry from Netanyahu
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTransportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich is demanding Netanyahu hand over the Diaspora Affairs Ministry to him, Hebrew reports say.
The attorney general is set to decide whether Netanyahu must relinquish the ministerial portfolios he holds — welfare, agriculture, diaspora affairs, health — due to the criminal indictment against him.
According to a report in June by Channel 13 news, Netanyahu dismissed the hardline MK’s request to head the Diaspora Affairs Ministry outright, wary of sparking additional tension with Jews abroad by appointing a lawmaker who has expressed desire for Israel to “return to the days of David,” when it was governed by Jewish law.
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