Likud attacks opposition leaders over cooperation with Arab Knesset members

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The Likud party attacked the parties of Bennett, Eisenkot and Liberman following the plenum vote on the composition of the organizing committee. According to Likud, the parties voted together with the Arab Knesset members Tibi and Abbas. Likud called on the three parties to join a unity government and to stop their cooperation with supporters of terrorism.

The Likud statement read: "It has begun. They voted today together with Tibi and Abbas." The party claimed that cooperation with supporters of terrorism who boycott the national anthem is unacceptable, and called on the three parties to stop it.

Knesset member Roy Folkman's proposal was approved in the plenum by a vote of 63 to 50 opposed. Likud's statement was published following the vote.