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*POLITICAL SHOWDOWN: Netanyahu Holds Lengthy Meeting With Ben Gvir As Right-Wing Bloc Fights To Retain Power* Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held an extended meeting Thursday night with Otzma Yehudit chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, as Israel’s right-wing leadership weighs its options following this week’s Knesset elections.