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Likud MKs erupt over Knesset speech given in Arabic about electricity law

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Published: 7 January 2022

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Vote on the electricity law, which seeks to connect Israelis in unrecognised Bedouin villages to basic infrastructure, passed 61-0 after an opposition boycott

'Unbelievable,' 'disgrace': Likud lawmakers erupt over Knesset speech in Arabic (Haaretz)
The flare-up came during the vote on the Electricity Law, which seeks to connect Israelis in unrecognised Bedouin villages to basic infrastructure, and which passed 61 to 0 after an opposition boycott

Power struggle: Bill to hook up illegal Arab homes to grid passes in stormy session (Times of Israel)
PM stands up to confront opposition MKs as they hurl insults over legislation: ‘A bunch of thugs. I’m not afraid of you’; Netanyahu: ‘A dark day for Zionism’

Photo: Knesset members during Wednesday's debate (Ohad Zwigenberg)

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