A member of Itamar Ben Gvir’s far-right Otzma Yehudit party suggests that wayward party MK Almog Cohen has decided to jump ship after defying the party’s positions this week.
“Otzma Yehudit is a faction with values and ideology,” MK Yitzhak Kroizer tells the Kan public broadcaster. “Whoever is uncomfortable with these values is welcome to get up and go.
“Almog Cohen has decided to move over to the Likud,” he alleges, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling party. “He is welcome to join their WhatsApp groups.”
That is a jab after Otzma Yehudit yesterday removed Cohen from all its groups on the popular messaging app.
Despite being part of the coalition, Otzma Yehudit has been opposing a series of budget-related bills in the Knesset in an effort to secure more funds for the police force, which Ben Gvir overlooks. Failure to pass the budget by March would topple the government, and coalition members have been lambasting Ben Gvir and his party. Cohen has recently been defying Otzma’s position and voting with the coalition.
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