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Cabinet ministers are expected to vote on Sunday on the establishment of MK Avi Maoz's Directorate for Jewish Identity in the Prime Minister's Office. The establishment of the directorate is on the updated agenda despite Maoz's resignation and probably as a step on Netanyahu's part in an attempt to curb the weakening of the coalition.
The chairman of the Noam party, MK Avi Maoz, expressed his satisfaction with the news. "I greatly appreciate the efforts of Netanyahu and his team to remove the barriers to the establishment of the Jewish National Identity Authority and the implementation of the coalition agreements and I am sure that these efforts will bear fruit soon.
Netanyahu's meeting with MK Avi Maoz, head of the Noam party (archive), photo: no credit
"In the meantime, starting tonight, I return to function as a member of the Knesset from the coalition and I undertake to realize from the Knesset what we pledged to the public - to preserve and strengthen the Jewish character of our beloved country.
"Already this evening I submitted the bill to preserve the sanctity of the Western Wall, the bill to protect the children of Israel from gender trolling and the bill to define who is a Jew in the population registry."
On Monday Maoz announced his resignation from his position as deputy minister and said that he will return to be a member of the Knesset.
Maoz was angry that he didn't get what he was promised - that's what he was heard telling officials in the Knesset.
Maoz wrote to Netanyahu in his resignation letter as follows: "Throughout the generations, the people of Israel have known to preserve what is dearest to them - our identity as a Jewish people, safeguarding the sanctities of Israel, and adoring the supreme value of the family in Israel. With the establishment of the government, I was happy to be a part of it, as reflected in the agreement the coalition
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