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Billionaire Trump backer says Ben-Gvir, Smotrich should not serve in next Israeli government

JERUSALEM: Billionaire American investor Bill Ackman on Sunday said that ​Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich should not serve in Israel’s next government, saying the two far-right politicians had caused enormous damage to the country’s reputation. The public intervention by the prominent hedge fund manager, who is Jewish, comes just two days before Israel’s general election, in which polls show a tight race between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the opposition. Ackman wro