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Netanyahu: This will be a 'liberal-nationalist' government

(JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rejected criticism that his coalition will pursue a right-wing extremist agenda.

During a Knesset plenum, Netanyahu said, "Everyone will live in accordance with their own faith. This will not become a nation of religious law. It will be a country in which we tend to all citizens of Israel, without exception."

"We were elected to lead in our way, the way of the nationalist-right and the way of the liberal-right, and that's what we'll do," he added.

Netanyahu's coalition, which includes ultra-Orthodox religious parties, came...

 
 

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