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‘Evil slander:’ Miri Regev denies handing out popcorn during security cabinet spat
Transportation Minister Miri Regev, at Ben Gurion International Airport, June 20, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
Transportation Minister Miri Regev denies having handed out popcorn to fellow lawmakers during a squabble between security cabinet members on Wednesday, her office says in a statement.
Calling the reports of her having done so “fake news” and “evil slander,” the statement says that Regev “intends to act by legal means and exhaust all her rights against the media channels, journalists, and poison and hate mongers who are defaming her.”
“The spreading of the lies was intended to harm her good name, inflame hatred towards her and silence her in cabinet discussions,” the statement adds.
