Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen has walked back his threat to boycott Knesset proceedings, after receiving promises from party leader Itamar Ben Gvir “that the Negev will not be abandoned in any way.”
He also receives a promise that the party will dig its heels in against any law or regulation that could negatively impact the south, according to a statement from his office.
Cohen had said he would skip out on parliamentary activity to protest tax breaks being pulled from areas near Beersheba.
The lawmaker was recently passed over for a deputy speakership position at the last moment, and his protest had been lumped in with other MKs skipping the Knesset to punish the coalition for not handing them plum jobs.
Cohen’s office, citing “sources close to Cohen,” says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with regional council heads from the Negev this evening over the tax issue.
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