Amir Peretz accidentally votes with Netanyahu

Zionist Union MK Amir Peretz, whose party vehemently opposes the advancement of Netanyahu’s bill to expand the cabinet, accidentally votes with the coalition.

MK Amir Peretz  on November 10, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
MK Amir Peretz on November 10, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Realizing his mistake moments later, Peretz approaches the Knesset plenum and urgently requests that his vote be changed. After several seconds of deliberations, the Knesset speaker accepts Peretz’s request.

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