Discussions on assistance for Israeli businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic, held Monday in the Israeli parliament’s Finance Committee, were stalled – and eventually canceled – after two senior Likud party colleagues engaged in a particularly heated clash. Finance Minister Israel Katz and coalition chair MK Micky Zohar accused each other of allowing personal interests to get in the way of their decision-making. They lashed out at each other after several days of reported tensions surrounding the government’s handling of the pandemic. The in-fighting comes on the heels of attacks that two other Likud lawmakers lobbed at Zohar, a loud and highly visible figure in the Knesset, where he is considered Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s right-hand man. The quarreling in the Likud, ordinarily a disciplined and united party, follows weeks of mass protests over the government’s economic policies and Netanyahu’s continuation in office despite being on trial for alleged corruption.
Sparks Fly in Israel’s Knesset as Party Colleagues Collide
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