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Far-right MK says Bennett is an illegitimate PM, new government is ‘anti-Zionist’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA lawmaker in the far-right Religious Zionism party denounces the new government as “anti-Zionist” and claims Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is a “illegitimate” premier.
“This is the first anti-Zionist government in the history of Israel. There are elements in the government who are clearly anti-Zionist,” MK Simcha Rothman tells the Ynet news site.
He refuses to say “Prime Minister Bennett” when asked to do so.
“From a legal perspective he is prime minister. I don’t think he’s a legitimate prime minister,” Rothman says, accusing Bennett of “stealing votes” by breaking his campaign pledges on the new government.
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