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Far-right MK Smotrich asks synagogues to ban coalition members

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Published: 15 April 2022

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Furious PM Bennett says no one has a monopoly over 'the love of the Land of Israel'

This Passover, boycott Bennett's gov't in synagogues, far-right lawmaker tells Jews (Haaretz)
Members of the coalition 'deserve to feel unwanted in public,' Bezalel Smotrich says, rehashing accusations of 'stealing votes.' Bennett, in response, says no one has a monopoly over 'the love of the Land of Israel'

‘This led to our destruction’: Bennett assails Smotrich for urging synagogue ban (Times of Israel)
PM and interior minister accuse former political ally of endangering the Jewish state, citing senseless hatred that led to the destruction of the Second Temple

Bennett furious as Smotrich calls for synagogues to bar coalition members (Jerusalem Post)
Bennett: Leftists love the country not a millimetre less than me

Photo: Bezalel Smotrich (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

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