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Billionaire Trump backer Bill Ackman says Ben-Gvir, Smotrich should not serve in next Israeli govt
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 wrote on X that from the perspective of someone who had an understanding of how Israel was perceived in the United Sta