Ben-Gvir to be National Security Minister in coalition deal

'We took a big step tonight toward a full coalition agreement, toward forming a fully, fully right-wing government,' said Ben-Gvir, soon to be in charge of the Public Security portfolio with expanded authorities

i24NEWS, Ynet|11.25.22 | 07:24

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Likud, the party of Israel's prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, reached on Friday an initial coalition agreement with the far-right Otzma Yehudit party that will see leader Itamar Ben-Gvir appointed the Minister for National Security. 
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As part of the deal, the Public Security Ministry is to be renamed the National Security Ministry and given several additional authorities.
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Itamar Ben-Gvir 
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"We took a big step tonight toward a full coalition agreement, toward forming a fully, fully right-wing government," Ben-Gvir said in the statement.
It is understood the post represents a version of the Public Security portfolio with an expanded purview that also includes the Real Estate Enforcement division and the West Bank Border Police division. Additionally, Ben-Gvir's party will be charged with Negev and Galilee ministry, which will now be decoupled from the Social Periphery Ministry. 
After reports that Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, was struggling to put together a workable coalition, Ariel Kahana, senior diplomatic commentator at Israel Hayom, said earlier in the week that "the main obstacles to the coalition are behind us and Netanyahu more or less solved the main problems."
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Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (3L), Shas head Aryeh Deri (3R) and UTJ MK Yaakov Litzman (2L) attend a conference of the Hamodia Newspaper in Lod, November 20, 2016 
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Shas leader Aryeh Deri is likely to receive the transportation and interior ministry portfolios. Deri served as interior minister from 2016 to 2021 under the previous Netanyahu-led government.

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When you think it couldn't get any worse

When you think it couldn't get any worse, Ben Gvir as our National Security Minister!? This is surely a bad joke, a REALLY bad one. This is a man that joined the Kach and Kahane Chai party in his youth, had lots of contact with the police in his adolescences due to him fighting and beating up Arabs and more, resulted in dozens of indictments up until even recent years. This is a man that due to these issues, was NOT allowed to serve in the IDF, yet he is becoming our National Security Minister? This is not only a man that not only has deep rooted hatred of Arabs, but also for Jews. This is a man that had a poster up on his wall in his apartment of Baruch Goldstein who massacred 29 Arabs in 1994. He only took the poster down when the media found out and when he decided to join politics. This is a man that stole the metal emblem off of Rabin's cadillac and spoke out publicly stating "We got to his car, and we'll get to him too." This happened two weeks before Rabin's assassination. Without all of this, even if he "just" didn't serve in the IDF, how can such a person become our National Security Minister? Let alone all the rest of it. It's absolute insanity.

Hila| 11.25.22

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A disgrace

A man who had/has no problem hanging a picture of a mass murderer on his wall and has a close adviser who represents an organisation which channels money to jailed terrorists is going to be our Minister for National Security. We will deserve all we get.

Yossi | 11.25.22

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great news

dd| 11.25.22

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