Head of Knesset gender equality committee ejected from debate about top job for Likud MK suspected of rape

By Sam Sokol 29 July 2025, 1:38 pm

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MK Pnina Tamano-Shata attends a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Blue and White-National Unity MK Pnina Tamano-Shata is ejected from the Knesset House Committee after loudly interrupting Likud MK Tally Gotliv during a debate ahead of a scheduled vote on the appointment of Likud lawmaker Hanoch Milwidsky as chairman of the powerful Finance Committee.

Gotliv defends the appointment and attacks the Attorney General’s Office, which recently opened a probe into Milwidsky who is suspected of rape and witness tampering.

Tamano-Shata, who chairs the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality, had shortly beforehand lambasted the expected appointment in a joint press conference with other female opposition lawmakers.