Yair Golan Walks Out of Knesset Plenary During Netanyahu Speech at Swearing-In

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Democrats leader Yair Golan left the Knesset plenary during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony, in protest against the speech.

During the speech, Netanyahu claimed that foreign influence in the elections must be investigated. An unusual uproar broke out in the hall, and former minister Naftali Bennett interrupted his remarks, shouting: "What about your Qatari advisers? Is that okay?"

Golan's party colleague, Gilad Kariv, sharply attacked the leaders of the left-wing bloc who remained in the hall and urged them to turn their backs on the prime minister. Kariv called Netanyahu "a dangerous man and a liar" and urged his colleagues to honor their voters. After leaving the hall, Golan said he finds it hard to accept that the public has ousted Netanyahu.