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Budget Battle: Knesset Chair Faces Backlash for Insults

12/29/2025

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Sagit Afik, the Knesset legal adviser, criticized Finance Committee Chair Hanoch Milwidsky for aggressive behavior, including insulting Shlomit Erlich.
Milwidsky held votes on budget transfers without discussion, including diverting over NIS 220 million from Arab economic development to police funding.
Opposition lawmakers condemned the conduct amid efforts to pass the 2026 budget, and Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White, called for an apology to Erlich and respectful behavior.

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Sagit Afik, the Knesset legal adviser, criticized Finance Committee Chair Hanoch Milwidsky for aggressive behavior, including insulting Shlomit Erlich.
Milwidsky held votes on budget transfers without discussion, including diverting over NIS 220 million from Arab economic development to police funding.
Opposition lawmakers condemned the conduct amid efforts to pass the 2026 budget, and Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White, called for an apology to Erlich and respectful behavior.