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Arab MK suspended for calling ex-Shin Bet head a ‘murderer’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJoint (Arab) List MK Jamal Zahalka is suspended for calling ex-Shin Bet head and Likud MK Avi Dichter a murderer during a plenum debate on the Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying salaries to terrorists.
The suspension is handed down by the Knesset Ethics Committee, and will begin at the start of the fall Knesset session. Zahalka will be banned from committee and plenum debates but will retain his right to vote.
Zahalka called Dichter a “murderer” earlier this month during a stormy Knesset debate over legislation submitted by Dichter that would see Israel deduct the PA’s tax revenue by the amount it pays out to terrorists and the families of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks.
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