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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with list of demands to ensure Israel's security - even if a ceasefire deal with Hamas is signed.
The statement indicated that Smotrich did not receive the assurances he demanded in an earlier meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Smotrich's far-right party said to demand up-front guarantees from PM; MK Sukkot: 'In all likelihood, we will resign from the government'
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir sparked outcry Monday when he claimed he had repeatedly foiled a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas over the past year, while calling on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to again join him in thwarting an emerging agreement.
The Israeli prime minister has to convince his right-wing base that the arguments he made against ending the war for 15 months no longer apply.
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JERUSALEM: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir quit the cabinet on Sunday in protest against the ceasefire and hostage release deal it has struck with Hamas. Ben Gvir sits on the Israeli cabinet alongside two fellow Jewish Power MPs,