MK Dan Illouz announced his departure from Likud Wednesday evening, accusing the party of 'continuous surrender' to Haredi parties, according to N12. Illouz had been a vocal critic of the government's policies.
MK Dan Illouz (Likud) accused his party of "continuous surrender to the Haredi parties" in his departure statement Wednesday evening, according to N12. The accusation, reported minutes after he announced he would be leaving the party, adds a sharp new detail to the sequence of events.
The Zioneer first reported at 21:23 Jerusalem that Illouz had told ynet he could no longer vote for his party and was leaving Likud. At the same time, we reported that he would not be running in the party's upcoming primaries. The initial reports came from a single source; by 21:31 Jerusalem, N12 had published the specific wording of his critique.
Illouz's exit follows that of former Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, who left Likud on July 3, telling N12 he could no longer justify the party's policies and would form a new unity government framework, as The Zioneer reported.
It remains unclear whether Illouz, who has been a frequent critic of the coalition's judicial reform and religious-secular policies, will join an existing political framework or establish a new one.
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