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Times of Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear Friday that he has no intention of losing any more ground to his right wing challenger Naftali Bennett, giving a TV interview in which he slammed the Jewish Home party’s chairman for his apparent justification of insubordination.

Bennett, the charismatic leader of the rising hardline Jewish Home party who still serves in the IDF reserves, has come under fire for a statement he made during an interview Thursday night to the effect that, if commanded to participate in the evacuation of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, he would opt for the path of conscientious objection.

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