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Smutrich expressed tin support with Abbas - and regretted: "Stupidity that gave them legitimacy"

After the Knesset approved the outline of the committees and deputies agreed between the Likud, religious Zionism and Ra'am, Smutrich claimed that he "does not see anything wrong with him." Despite his words, Walla! "It would pass by a large majority even if we avoided it"

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Yaki Adamkar

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 07:25

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In the video: Miki Zohar announces the establishment of a committee on Arab affairs (Photo: Knesset Channel)

Chairman of Religious Zionism Bezalel Smutrich yesterday (Monday) expressed public support for the tin that was forged between the Likud, Religious Zionism and Chairman Ram Mansour Abbas in voting on the establishment of committees in the Knesset and appointing deputies as Speaker . Walla! It was learned that in an evening conversation with MK Simcha Rotman from his party, Smutrich said, among other things: "We should not have voted in favor. It would pass by a large majority even if we were to avoid it. It was simply nonsense that we gave them legitimacy. "The

deal in question was drafted yesterday between the chairman of the organizing committee, MK Miki Zohar (Likud), and the chairman of Ra'am. The Temporary Committees in the Knesset, and in return, a special committee for Arab society was established, headed by the chairman of the Abbas party. Thus, the Likud gained a majority in the Knesset presidency, a forum in which decisions are made on its current affairs and debates in the Knesset.

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The Likud, the right, religious Zionism and the RAAM jointly voted to establish temporary committees in the Knesset

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"We should not have voted in favor."

Smutrich, yesterday (Photo: screenshot, Knesset channel)

As part of the agreement, and in order to gain a majority in the vote, the Likud gave Smutrich's party representation on the Finance Committee and the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee - thus securing the majority in a joint vote with the RAAM. Political cooperation with her The

proposal to establish the committee was approved with the support of 17 MKs, with 16 abstentions and no opponents.

This means that even if Smutrich's representatives on the committee, MK Rotman and MK Orit Struck, had abstained - this would have passed by a large majority.

Most in the Knesset presidency.

Zohar and Abbas (Photo: Official website, Knesset Spokeswoman Noam Moshkovitz)

At the beginning of the faction meeting, Smutrich referred to the deal in question yesterday, claiming that he supported the move. "The State of Israel is obligated by virtue of its sovereignty to deal with the civil affairs of Arab society," he said. "I do not see anything wrong with setting up a committee to deal with such matters and I do not see anything wrong with cooperating with its Arab representatives."

However, he clarified that he would not be prepared for the Arab representatives "to become legitimate partners in the government, because they are striving for a large Islamic state on the ruins of a Jewish state," and added that "whoever thinks there will be a liquidation sale here is wrong. Despite his remarks, Smutrich later criticized the move in a closed-door conversation with MK Rotman, saying he should not have supported the proposal.

Smutrich said in response that he "completely backs MK Rotman, his representative on the organizing committee, and is behind the moves that enabled the resumption of Knesset work, the presidency and the committees." With the party chairman "at every stage".

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