Ministerial committee revokes former MK Bishara's pension

The Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs has approved the "Bishara law", named after former Knesset Member Azmi Bishara (Balad), who was questioned on suspicion of aiding Hezbollah but continued to receive his pension from the Knesset.

One of the bill's initiators, MK Yariv Levin, said "I am determined to stop the situation in which treason has become an profitable business in the State of Israel, which yields Bishara the traitor thousands of shekels a month." (Attila Somfalvi and Aviad Glickman)