Rivlin apologizes after Hazan calls Tamano-Shata 'pet immigrant'
President Reuven Rivlin condemned on Thursday offensive comments made by MK Oren Hazan toward MK Pnina Tamano-Shata, who is of Ethiopian descent.
Hazan called Tamano-Shata a "pet immigrant."
"Pnina is an excellent member of Knesset," Rivlin said. "I'm warning against verbal, behavioral and sectoral violence."
"I simply want to apologize on behalf of all of us. I regret that there are citizens in the State of Israel who could do something like this to us," the president said.
