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Likud MK, former Netanyahu challenger stands by beleaguered colleague
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLikud MK Gideon Sa’ar stands by his fellow faction member Yifat Shasha-Biton amid threats by their party to replace her, after Shasha-Biton warned that her Knesset committee would not approve closure orders by the government that aren’t backed up by data.
“The threats against [her] are unnecessary. She is not the only one asking these questions; there is a principled and important debate as to whether the infection rate justifies exacerbating the damage to the economy and decisions will not be made based on threats,” Sa’ar says.
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