Beersheba Deputy Mayor Shimon Tovol has joined the Noam party, just hours after an indictment was filed against him for assaulting a Bedouin youth, according to i24NEWS. The move follows the indictment earlier Tuesday.
Beersheba Deputy Mayor Shimon Tovol has joined the Noam party, i24NEWS reported Tuesday evening, hours after the State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against him for assaulting a Bedouin youth. The party switch was first reported earlier Tuesday by Yishai Cohen, noting Tovol was leaving the Degel HaTorah faction. The new indictment adds a legal dimension to the political move. It remains unclear whether the indictment is related to a separate incident reported earlier this week involving an alleged assault at a gas station in Kfar Aza.
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