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Monday, October 23, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 23, 2017
Labor MK blasts Likud for not applauding president
Labor MK Yoel Hasson scolds members of the Likud party who did not applaud a speech by President Reuven Rivlin during the opening of the Knesset’s winter session.
Rivlin’s scorching speech warned that elements in the government were threatening Israeli democracy. While the remarks drew praise from members of the opposition, it earned just a tepid response from the ruling Likud party.
“You should be ashamed of yourselves,” Hasson says.
“There isn’t a government in Jerusalem, but there is a president,” he says.
