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Yesh Atid MK says he’s leaving to form new party: Israel shouldn’t miss ‘historic opportunity for change’ after Oct. 7
Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll attends a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on December 1, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
MK Idan Roll informs Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid that he is leaving the party and will set up his own faction in the Knesset.
In a statement, Roll says October 7 needs to serve as a wake-up call.
“The large and courageous public that rose up on October 7 to fight for the country and restore it must also take its place in the national leadership,” he writes on X. “But for this to happen, we must open the closed club of the Knesset and ensure that the State of Israel does not miss a historic opportunity for change.”
Roll, who previously served as Lapid’s deputy in the Foreign Ministry, thanks the Yesh Atid leader and says he will continue to serve in the Knesset as part of a “constructive opposition.”
