{"id":108652,"date":"2024-09-30T08:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T01:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108652"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T01:52:47","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-expands-israeli-government-breaking-ben-gvirs-veto-israel-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108652","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu expands Israeli government, breaking Ben-Gvir&#8217;s veto &#8211; Israel Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"startBannerSticky\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/gideon-saar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/gideon-saar\">Gideon Sa&#8217;ar&#8217;s<\/a> United Right party will join the government, Sa&#8217;ar and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/benjamin-netanyahu\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said in a joint statement on Sunday night. The announcement was a dramatic move that came less than a week after Sa\u2019ar came close to joining the government as defense minister, only to have the agreement aborted.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Sa&#8217;ar was unanimously voted into the coalition as a minister-without-portfolio on Sunday night, Netanyahu&#8217;s office announced.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>According to reports, Sa\u2019ar will also serve as a member of the security cabinet. He will also join smaller security consultations. Sa\u2019ar\u2019s number two, MK Ze\u2019ev Elkin, may also become a minister-without-portfolio, but a spokesperson for Elkin said that this was not certain yet.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">  <\/section>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Sa\u2019ar\u2019s four MKs raise the size of the governing coalition from 64 to 68. This means that the coalition\u2019s two far-right parties, the Religious Zionist Party (seven MKs) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/otzma-yehudit\">Otzma Yehudit<\/a> (six MKs), will no longer be able to threaten the coalition\u2019s majority in certain votes in exchange for political concessions.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The move will also pose a constant threat against Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as his potential replacement is now a member of the government and cabinet.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The move could also give Netanyahu breathing room and ensure his government\u2019s survival for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<figure class=\"article-image-in-body\"><figcaption class=\"article-image-caption article-image-credit\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\">Otzma Yehudit head Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u2019ar joined the government alongside then-party leader MK Benny Gantz on October 11. Sa\u2019ar broke away from Gantz\u2019s party in March and left the government over claims that Israel\u2019s policies in Gaza were not aggressive or effective. Gantz eventually left the government in June.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<\/p>\n<h3>Netanyahu and Sa&#8217;ar&#8217;s statement<\/h3>\n<p>In a joint press conference, Netanyahu said he had been \u201cdeeply impressed\u201d with Sa\u2019ar\u2019s \u201cbroad view\u201d and ability to \u201cpropose creative solutions to complicated problems\u201d when he was in the government.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>Netanyahu praised Sa\u2019ar for \u201crising to the occasion and ignoring every other consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>Sa\u2019ar said he was entering the government \u201cwithout a coalition agreement.\u201d He acknowledged that while, in the past, he had worked closely with the prime minister, there were also years of a \u201cpersonal and political schism.\u201d After the October 7 massacre, however, this was \u201cinsignificant.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">\n<section class=\"script-3632-container-wrap\">\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"script-3632-container\">\n<div class=\"script-3632-text\">\n<p class=\"script-3632-text-first\">Stay updated with the latest news!<\/p>\n<p class=\"script-3632-text-second\">Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p>Sa\u2019ar added that he had come to the conclusion that there was \u201cno point in continuing to sit in the opposition,\u201d in which \u201cmost of its members\u2019 views regarding the war are different and even far from my positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>Several ministers commended the move, including, among others, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Diaspora Affairs Minister and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid argued on X\/Twitter in response that the move will not strengthen Netanyahu politically.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Lapid, Ben-Gvir will not accept that he can no longer threaten the coalition majority and will, therefore, trip up the coalition incessantly. Meanwhile, the problem with the government was not votes but &#8220;reality,&#8221; Lapid said. 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