MK Dan Illouz, who recently joined Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beiteinu, reportedly called on former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a year ago to rule out opposition leader Yair Golan from any coalition partnership, blocking bloc, or public position, according to a report Wednesday evening.
MK Dan Illouz, who recently left the Likud to join Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beiteinu, reportedly called on former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a year ago to state that there is no place for opposition leader Yair Golan in any coalition partnership, blocking bloc, or public position. The statement, circulated Wednesday evening, is attributed to Illouz, who now serves as an MK for Yisrael Beiteinu. As The Zioneer reported earlier this week, Illouz's defection from Likud followed a dispute over military draft exemptions for yeshiva students. The renewed attention to his past remarks about Golan highlights the persistent divisions within the right-wing camp regarding Golan's political future.
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