An Israeli Cabinet minister resigned to protest the inclusion of a far-right faction in the coalition government. Sports and Culture Minister Ophir Pines-Paz tendered his resignation Monday, saying that, unlike fellow members of the center-left Labor Party, he could not sit with Yisrael Beiteinu in government.
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