Bennett vows to boycott cabinet meetings if deputy AG who criticized government attends

Education Minister Naftali Bennett vows that if a deputy attorney general who criticized government-backed bills and right-wing political rhetoric continues to come to cabinet meetings, his Jewish Home faction will not participate.

Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber criticized the so-called “Loyalty in Culture” bill during a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee. She said the legislation, which threatens to strip state funding for cultural institutions that produce art seen as overly critical of the government or the state, “poses real difficulties.”

“I declare that if  Zilber is not fired, as long as she arrives at cabinet meetings, we will leave and not participate,” says Bennett in a statement.

“Her job is to provide legal advice, not to educate us. She is drunk on power and it’s clear that her grievances are political,” he adds.