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The prime minister's Likud party also issued a statement accusing the attorney general's office and the Shin Bet chief of "fabricating" the case and attempting to "terrorise Yonatan Urich in order to extract from him false testimony against the prime minister through blackmail".

That decision came after Likud officials criticised Sharvit's participation in the 2023 mass protests against the judicial overhaul.

The conference was organised by Amichai Chikli, Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister, and an outspoken member of Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party.

Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, a vocal opponent of Palestinian statehood, became prime minister.

Ahead of the Israeli government's vote on the deal, Culture Minister Miki Zohar of Netanyahu's Likud party said: "It's a very hard decision, but we decided to support it because it's very important to us to see all of our children, men and women back home."