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Monday, October 19, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 19, 2020
PM at Knesset session on ‘Netanyahu’s disgraceful failure’ to handle pandemic
The Knesset plenum convenes with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu present after over 40 lawmakers sign a petition to meet on “Netanyahu’s disgraceful failure to handle the crisis” of the pandemic.
The prime minister is expected to address the session.
As it begins, former tourism minister Asaf Zamir of Blue and White, who recently resigned from the government over its curbs on anti-Netanyahu protests during lockdown, attacks the prime minister.
“When you called for unity, I believed you. It’s the last time I believed you because there is no chance you believed it yourself,” says Zamir, referring to the unity government of Likud and Blue and White.
He pleads with Netanyahu to pass a budget for 2021.
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