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Source: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/05/303045/israel-names-10-government-members-with-moroccan-roots/

Israel Names 10 Government Ministers with Moroccan Roots

(Morocco World News) Yahia Hatim - The new Israeli government announced Sunday includes 10 ministers with Moroccan roots. Interior Minister Arye Dery was born in Meknes in 1959, while Economy Minister Amir Peretz was born in Boujad in 1952. The others are Israeli-born with Moroccan parents. Some 1 million Israelis, over 10% of the population, have at least partial family origins in Morocco.

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