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Wife of Likud activist denies he was booted from party: ‘Everything’s OK, Bibi spoke with us’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) embraces Likud activist Itzik Zarka during a party faction meeting at the Knesset on July 9, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
The wife of prominent Likud activist Itzik Zarka denies Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered her husband’s removal from the party for telling anti-government protesters he wished “another six million would be burned.”
“No one is getting thrown out, it’s just a condemnation,” Hani Zarka tells the Kan public broadcaster. “Everything is all right, Bibi [Netanyahu] spoke with us.”
She also insists “the story is over” after Zarka issued an apology and claimed he was provoked.
