Netanyahu's great rival in the Likud informed MK Miki Zohar of the move, among other things due to "severe damage to the core of the Knesset's parliamentary oversight of the government"
MK Gideon Saar (Archive)
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Oren Ben Hakon
MK Gideon Saar (Likud) announced tonight (Saturday) to the chairman of the Likud coalition and faction, MK Miki Zohar, that he has decided to resign from his position as Likud representative on the Knesset's Constitution Committee.
In a letter to Zohar, Saar stated that he decided to take this step because "I had serious reservations about the wording of the 'Great Corona Law.' In July. "
Saar noted that under existing law, the committee cannot make changes to the wording of the regulations but only approve or reject them.
As a result, at the meeting on October 1, the committee was denied the ability to make changes even on issues that were in consensus among the committee members, coalition and opposition alike. "
Saar added that "I could not support the previous meeting in restricting small businesses (under ten employees) while a gathering of up to ten people is possible. I will not be able to do so later either. Therefore, I see no further point in my membership in the committee."
Saar, one of Prime Minister Netanyahu's biggest opponents within the Likud, only last Thursday criticized the same restrictions on small businesses and sided with Finance Minister Israel Katz, who confronted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the issue this week.