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Israeli PM, libertarians hash out weed deal ahead of polls

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Last Updated : Aug 30 2019 | 1:00 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced a deal with a far-right party which agreed to withdraw from elections next month in exchange for a pledge to legalise medicinal cannabis.

Zehut, a libertarian Jewish nationalist party, was also promised a ministerial portfolio in exchange for not putting up candidates for the September 17 legislative elections, its head Moshe Feiglin said.

At a joint press conference, Netanyahu told Feiglin: "I see you as a minister in the next government and I see you as a partner with a common vision."

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First Published: Aug 30 2019 | 1:00 AM IST

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