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By Bradley Jolly Benjamin Netanyahu will shortly undergo surgery after a hernia was found during a routine check-up last night. The Prime Minister of Israel, 74, will be fully sedated for the procedure today, following a meeting of his war cabinet. It comes as thousands of Israelis are expected to rally in the streets to show their frustration with his government and urge him to resign. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who is also deputy prime minister and a close confidant of Mr Netanyahu, will fill the leader’s role temporarily, it is reported. But Ehud Barak, a former prime minister of Israel,…

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