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Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, Smotrich: An Anatomy of the Israeli Government

With the war in Gaza approaching two years, Netanyahu is performing a tightrope act, charting a delicate course between the ultra-orthodox and the religious Zionist constituencies in Israel.

19 August 2025

By Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi
Pictures from the Knesset website of Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit), Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud), and Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism)
Pictures from the Knesset website of Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit), Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud), and Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism)

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