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Israel's Netanyahu defends partnership with far-right party
Associated Press Updated 2:31 pm CST, Saturday, February 23, 2019
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prime minister is defending his partnership with a small ultranationalist party despite local and international condemnation.
Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday took to Twitter and called the criticism, which also came from pro-Israel Jewish organizations in the US, as "hypocrisy and double standards."
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Earlier this week, his Likud party formed a partnership with a smaller merged party that includes members of the 'Jewish Power' movement.
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In 1997, Washington classified his Kach movement a terrorist group.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Israel-s-Netanyahu-defends-partnership-with-13639507.php
