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Knesset Confirms Netanyahu as Defense Minister; MK Odeh: “It’s Like Louis XIV, ‘L’état, c’est moi’”

’The Knesset approved far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s permanent appointment as Minister of Defense on Monday evening, December 17. Following a lengthy debate, 59 Knesset members voted for confirmation; 56 were against. Throughout the plenum debate that preceded the vote, numerous members of the opposition criticized the appointment. “Today the prime minister will also become…