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Likud lashes out at Sa’ar over decision to leave party
Likud assails MK Gideon Sa’ar over his decision to leave the party and set up his own faction.
The party issues a statement saying Sa’ar decided to leave because of his loss to Prime Minister Netanyahu in the Likud leadership race and claiming internal polls show he’d do poorly in primaries.
It also notes his previous vows that he would not leave the party, which this evening he charged has become a “cult of personality” around Netanyahu.
“Sa’ar decided to abandon the right, join [Opposition Leader Yair] Lapid and a long list of politicians who abandoned Likud and then completely crashed,” Likud says.
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