Zionist Union chief Avi Gabbay calls on the “failed” government to disband and hits out at Benjamin Netanyahu over allegations of misuse of state funds at his official and residences after the prime minister’s wife was indicted on suspicion of tapping public coffers to pay for fancy meals.
“This governmens has failed. It doesn’t provide security, apartments or hope to young people. This failed government needs to go home,” Gabbay says at the start of the weekly Zionist Union faction meeting at the Knesset.
Gabbay lashes out at Netanyahu for allegedly causing public officials to spend their time dealing with his personal expenses rather than government services and calls on the premier not to use state funds for his private home in Caesarea.
“Make a simple decision — the expenses at Balfour [the Prime Minister’s Residence] the public will pay for and the expenses at Caesarea you’ll pay for yourself,” says Gabbay.
“Let the state’s employees deal with the problems of the public and not your problems,” the Zionist Union leader adds.
Zionist Union head Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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