During a heated Knesset Finance Committee session Tuesday, Chairman Hanoch Milivitsky told MK Naama Lazimi 'you hate Judaism,' according to Israeli media reports. Lazimi responded by citing the rape suspicion allegedly facing Milivitsky, saying 'what do you have to do with Judaism?'
The exchange marks the latest in a series of verbal clashes between the two MKs in the Finance Committee. As The Zioneer reported on July 29, Milivitsky previously cut off Lazimi during a budget session, telling her policy questions were 'not relevant here.' The personal accusations Tuesday — Milivitsky calling Lazimi a 'Jew-hater' and Lazimi invoking the rape suspicion — represent a significant escalation in the committee's already tense atmosphere. The rape allegation against Milivitsky has been previously reported but not adjudicated; Lazimi's remark brought it directly into the Knesset chamber.
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