Samir Abu Said sworn in at Knesset, replacing Youssef Atauna as part of Hadash-Ta’al rotation deal

Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Incoming Hadash-Ta’al MK Samir Abu Said is sworn in at the Knesset plenum, replacing MK Youssef Atauna, who submitted his resignation last week as part of a rotation agreement between the majority-Arab Hadash and Ta’al factions.

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