Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee chairman Boaz Bismut said Wednesday evening that MK Dan Illouz has been recruiting for Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman rather than for the IDF, adding that the 'unofficial opposition has become official.' The remark follows Illouz's recent defection from Likud to Lieberman's party.
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee chairman Boaz Bismut took a swipe at MK Dan Illouz on Wednesday evening, contrasting his own work on IDF recruitment with Illouz's political maneuvering. 'I dealt with recruitment to the IDF. He dealt with recruitment for Lieberman,' Bismut said. 'The unofficial opposition has become official.'
Bismut made the comment hours after Illouz announced his defection from Likud to Yisrael Beiteinu earlier Wednesday. As The Zioneer reported, Illouz left Likud and joined Lieberman's party, citing his opposition to the Haredi draft-exemption bill. Bismut, a Likud member, has been a vocal critic of the IDF's handling of the conscription dispute and has clashed with the military over the arrest-freeze bill.
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