Why a far-right cabinet minister in Israel has Netanyahu's ear

Israel's most far-right cabinet minister helped dictate hardline policies toward Palestinians in recent years. Benjamin Netanyahu vows to give him a senior position if Netanyahu is reelected next week. Transcript SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: We've spent much of this program talking about the big issues weighing on the minds of people in Wisconsin and across the country ahead of the midterm elections this fall. But on the other side of the globe, there's another hotly contested election coming up in just a few days. On Tuesday, voters in Israel will determine if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stay in power for another term. The race is razor-thin, and if he wins, he's promising to share power with Israel's most extremist political figure. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv.(CHEERING)DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: Itamar Ben-Gvir takes the stage at a campaign stop in Tel Aviv and exclaims, the people of Israel live.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)ITAMAR BEN-GVIR: (Speaking Hebrew).ESTRIN: He's Israel's national security minister. At this event for English-speaking immigrants, he's brought a simultaneous translator. He outlines what he's done these past few years of war. He drastical...