Gideon Saar, former rival of Benjamin Netanyahu, returns to government
Gideon Saar, a former minister and rival of Benjamin Netanyahu, joined the Israeli government on Sunday, allowing the prime minister to expand his majority with the support of four additional deputies. MM. Netanyahu and Saar formalized their reconciliation during a brief ceremony at government headquarters, broadcast on television, during which Saar, who inherits a position as minister without portfolio, clarified that he was joining the executive. “no coalition agreement”.
Saar’s return to the cabinet allows Netanyahu to benefit from a majority of 68 deputies out of 120 in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, and therefore, numerically, do without the support of the Minister of National Security, Itamar. Ben Gvir (far right), whose Otzma Yehudit party has five deputies.
For several weeks, Ben Gvir has been increasing threats to overthrow the government in the event of a truce agreement with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip or with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
