‘Stand behind every word’: Distel Atbaryan says after heated exchange with Gamliel

Public Diplomacy Minister Galit Distel Atbaryan defends her comments against Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel at the cabinet meeting, after it was widely reported she told her “bit me, you retard.”

“Gila Gamliel was late for the cabinet meeting — as usual. Then she started to scream and shout at us because we’re all slouches and only she has solutions — as usual. And she tried to undermine and sow tension between the coalition leaders — as usual,” Distel Atbaryan claims in a tweet.

She then alleges Gamliel “blew up the meeting exactly like she blew up [the Likud] faction meeting last week by screaming and slamming the door dramatically.”

“When I told her (without yelling but definitely in a loud voice) that she’s a thorn in the coalition’s side and her conduct is pathetic, she suddenly started screeching that I was cursing her and even briefing reporters…” Distel Atbaryan adds.

“So yeah, I stand behind every word I said: Gila Gamliel is a thorn in the coalition’s side and her behavior is embarrassing (and troubling) to say the least.”

Distel Atbaryan doesn’t address calling her fellow Likud member a “retard.”

Gamliel has yet to publicly comment on the exchange.