Israeli far-right's Ben-Gvir to be national security minister under coalition deal
Source: Reuters
Israeli far-right's Ben-Gvir to be national security minister under coalition deal
Henriette Chacar
Fri, November 25, 2022 at 1:06 AM·3 min read
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel's national security minister under a coalition deal with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, in what is set to be the most right-wing government in the country's history.
The agreement comes after Netanyahu's right-wing alliance won a comfortable victory in this month's parliamentary election, Israel's fifth in less than four years.
Netanyahu is still continuing talks with three other parties on forming the new government.
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Ben-Gvir, who was convicted in 2007 of racist incitement against Arabs and backing a group considered by Israel and the United States to be a terrorist organization, will have an expanded security portfolio that will include responsibility for Border Police in the occupied West Bank.
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