Report: US officials say administration unlikely to work with Itamar Ben Gvir
Title : Report: US officials say administration unlikely to work with Itamar Ben Gvir
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Citing two anonymous US officials, the report said the administration will work with Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected future government, but may decide to refuse to deal directly with the far-right firebrand.
The site also reported that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned President Isaac Herzog during his visit to Washington last week that the US may refuse to cooperate with “specific politicians” — a likely reference to Ben Gvir.
After winning 14 seats in Tuesday’s election — with 87% of the vote counted — the far-right Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit alliance led by Bezalel Smotrich and Ben Gvir was expected to be a senior partner in Netanyahu’s future government.
Responding to the report, Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit faction accused the Israeli left of being involved in the matter. READ MORE
Report: US officials say administration unlikely to work with Itamar Ben Gvir
Report: US officials say administration unlikely to work with Itamar Ben Gvir
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