Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsMinister May Golan told Channel 14 that she 'knows Netanyahu appreciates Ben-Gvir' and believes he 'absolutely' belongs alongside Likud, despite Netanyahu's call for a broad post-election coalition that is widely seen as excluding the far rightShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeHaaretz08:22 PM • July 05 2026 IDTA minister from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party said in an interview aired Saturday that there are "not many ideological differences" between her party and the far-right Otzma Yehudit, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:LikudOtzma YehuditItamar Ben-GvirBenjamin NetanyahuCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu-TrumpWest BankAli KhameneiHussam Abu Safiya World CupBrad LanderHaQuizHaaretz PodcastLikud Minister: 'No Real Difference' Between Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir's PartiesKhamenei's Jewish Brothers: What Israel and Tehran's Ayatollahs Have in CommonChannel 12's Tel Aviv Office Vandalized Amid Escalating Attacks on Israeli MediaIsrael's Election Czar Floats Livestreaming Vote Count to Quash ConspiraciesSerbia's Small pro-Palestine Movement Is Challenging a Growing Embrace of IsraelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedAn Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What Happened103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?