MK Solomon Responds to His Removal: “It Hurts Me”

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich removed MK Moshe Solomon today, Wednesday, from Knesset committees, after Solomon voted against the enlistment bill. Solomon has now responded, saying, “It hurts me about the decision, but I am part of, and will remain part of, Religious Zionism. I am sure that my colleagues in the party also would not have wanted the bill to come to a vote.”

For reference, Smotrich’s statement said: “MK Moshe Solomon chose to act on his own, contrary to the faction’s decision. He did not inform his colleagues in advance that he intended to vote against it, and surprised all faction members with his conduct, thereby seriously damaging their trust. Such conduct is not acceptable and cannot exist within proper factional work, which is based on shared responsibility, trust and faction discipline. MK Solomon was supposed to vote according to the faction’s position and, at the very least, inform the party chairman or the faction chairman in advance of his intention to vote against it and coordinate the move with them.”