Lieberman threatens to oust Arab MK
In response to Aiman Udeh's speaking at a memorial for Yasser Arafat, the defense minister posts to Facebook that he'll work to remove him from the Knesset and send him to Ramallah.
A memorial ceremony was held on Thursday in Ramallah for Arafat, which was attended by MK Ayman Odeh (Joint List), who delivered a speech. In response, Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) attacked the MK on his Facebook page.
Lieberman wrote, "He's not willing to attend Peres's funeral in Jerusalem, but he'll make a speech in Arafat's memory. We'll continue to act until he will no longer be a member of Knesset in Jerusalem, but at most a member of the Palestinian Council in Ramallah."
Avigdor Lieberman (Photo: Yair Sagi)
Ayman Odeh (Photo: Elad Gershgoren)
The Joint List confirmed that Odeh intends to take part in next week's memorial service for assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
A month and a half ago, after members of the Joint List boycotted statesman Shimon Peres's funeral, Lieberman proposed that all members of the coalition should in turn boycott Arab MKs when they speak in the Knesset. However, with the opening of the parliament's summer session, no such boycott took place.
