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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Likud MK says she won’t back party until lockdown lifted
Likud rebel Yifat Shasha-Biton has told Knesset colleagues she will not vote with her party until parts of the lockdown are lifted, Channel 13 news reports.
According to the report, the lawmaker wrote in a party WhatsApp group that she woke up sobbing due to the fact that ministers are waiting until next week to vote on easing the lockdown, and has decided that she will not back her party until the restriction on traveling more than 1 kilometer is lifted, and small businesses are allowed to reopen.
Shasha-Biton has butted heads repeatedly with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by using the Knesset’s coronavirus oversight committee, which she heads, to overturn restrictions on movement and business activity. Netanyahu and his allies have repeatedly threatened to fire her, but have never done so.
The Times of Israel Community.