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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Mishel Buskila set to replace Yifat Shasha-Biton as New Hope MK
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Mishel Buskila is set to replace New Hope MK Yifat Shasha-Biton this week, after the former education minister announced that she was taking a break from politics.
Shasha-Biton presents Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana with her resignation letter after saying yesterday that she was leaving the Knesset because “the current political reality does not allow me to have a significant influence, if any, on the direction of the country.”
After her resignation takes effect on Friday, Buskila will replace her as one of the New Hope faction’s four lawmakers in the Knesset.
An ex-Likud activist and former deputy mayor of Ashkelon, Buskila briefly served as a New Hope MK following the resignation of another lawmaker between August 2022 and the formation of the latest Netanyahu government four months later.
