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Rivlin chides Likud MK for calling Ethiopian lawmaker a ‘token immigrant’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Reuven Rivlin criticizes Likud MK Oren Hazan for calling a lawmaker of Ethiopian descent a “token immigrant” during a Knesset committee meeting last week.
“I just want to apologize on behalf of all us,” Rivlin, a former Likud lawmaker, tells Yesh Atid MK Pnina Tamano-Shata during an event at his residence on ending violence against women.
Hazan swiftly fires back at Rivlin in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
“Friends, Rubi has lost it,” writes Hazan, using Rivlin’s nickname.
He accuses the president of “dealing in lies, slanders and fake news in order to change the results of the elections.”
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