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Monday, October 23, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 23, 2017
Likud’s Bitan attacks president: ‘He’s not on our side’
Likud MK David Bitan speaks out against President Reuven Rivlin, saying the former Likud member is no longer a supporter of the party.
“He hasn’t been on our side for a while,” Bitan tells reporters in the halls of the Knesset.
At the opening of the Knesset, Rivlin delivered a speech warning of attacks on Israeli democracy, which he referred to as a “coup.”
The speech by Rivlin, who served as speaker of the Knesset for the Likud party, was greeted with enthusiastic support by members of the opposition, but fell flat with the ruling coalition.
