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Netanyahu signs Israel coalition deal with anti-LGBT Noam party
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has signed a deal to give an Israeli government post to an openly homophobic ultra-nationalist party leader.
It is the latest development set to give far-right parties unprecedented power within Israel’s ruling coalition.
- Tom Bateman
- BBC
Avi Maoz will be a deputy minister and run a “Jewish identity” authority.
He heads Noam, a religious-nationalist, anti-Arab and anti-LGBTQ party that argues for a strict interpretation of Jewish religious laws in Israel.
The agreement has added to a growing sense of alarm over the composition of Mr Netanyahu’s likely government.
Outgoing Prime Minister Yair…