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Ahead of elections, Netanyahu 'remembers' cannabis-needing patients

It was only when he needed the Zehut party for electoral reasons that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ''remembered'' the thousands of patients needing cannabis for medical reasons.
An employee tends to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel January 24, 2019. Picture taken January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC116A4F32D0
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“I thank the party members who today gave sweeping approval [by a vote of 1,165 in favor, 319 against] to the agreement I signed with the prime minister,” declared the chair of the small Zehut party, Moshe Feiglin, on Sept. 1. “God willing, the decision made today will lead to implementation of the Zehut platform by the government and the Knesset.”

The deal Feiglin reached with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu includes a promise to promote the libertarian underpinnings of the party’s ideology regarding a free economy, media, human and civil rights; reduced cost of living; formulation of a clear policy on immigration and border infiltration; improved services for Jews worshipping on the Temple Mount; equal law enforcement of all planning and zoning laws; and reduced regulation and transparency in statutory corporations.

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