Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog vows he will petition the High Court of Justice again if he finds that the new appointee for communications minister, Likud MK Ayoub Kara, is acting in accordance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s instructions.
Netanyahu relinquished the portfolio to Kara on Sunday following a court petition by Herzog which accused the prime minister of a conflict of interest in holding the position.
“The appointment of MK Kara could have been an important event,” says the opposition leader at the weekly Zionist Union faction meeting in the Knesset, “if only it were not another one of Netanyahu’s tricks to control the media.”
He says that if he finds the slightest indication Netanyahu is directing Kara’s actions in the ministry, in contravention of a High Court ruling that Netanyahu cannot function as communications minister, “I will take action — until there are no Likud members to hold the portfolio.”
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