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Sunday, June 22, 2025
Knesset committee members briefed on operation against Iran
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi provides lawmakers in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee with a confidential briefing on Israel’s achievements in the war against Iran.
While the content of the briefing was not publicized, the talk was said to be highly positive, although Hanegbi did state that there was more work to be done.
Likud MK Tally Gotliv was removed from the committee for interrupting.
In a tweet, Gotliv slams committee chairman Yuli Edelstein, whom she accuses of working to “weaken” and “undermine” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.
“I dared to ‘interrupt’ and ask substantive questions and he immediately removed me from the discussion,” she says. “As I said, Yuli Edelstein is a Trojan horse in Likud. Not only would I not let him be the chairman of the committee, the voters should not let him be a member of Knesset.”
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