Edelstein raps MKs for poor turnout at 2006 war memorial

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein criticizes lawmakers after only approximately one-third of the 120 Knesset members and just three government ministers attend a special Knesset session to mark the 10th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War.

“I apologized to the bereaved families for the fact that most Knesset members chose not to honor the event with their presence in the plenum,” Edelstein writes in a series of posts on Twitter, invoking ongoing concerns “about rifts between the leadership and the public in Israel.”

He writes: “Perhaps [attending such ceremonies] is a small thing before getting to be prime minister or foreign minister or defense minister — at least come and sit here.”

Of the 46 MKs who did turn out for the session, 23 were members of the opposition and 23 were members of the coalition, Channel 2 says.