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Israeli Lawmakers Trade Barbs Over Election Spending and Party Integrity
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By Israel National News
First reported by JDN · 22 hours ago
What happened
Israeli lawmakers Yulia Malinovsky and Benny Gantz's Blue and White party engaged in a public dispute over election campaign spending and party integrity. Malinovsky accused Gantz of wasting public funds, while Blue and White counterattacked, calling Malinovsky's party corrupt and accusing its leader of seeking alliances with Arab factions.
- 01MK Malinovsky accused Benny Gantz of wasting 15 million shekels of public funds on his election campaign.
- 02Blue and White called Yisrael Beytenu the most corrupt party in Israel's history.
- 03Blue and White accused Avigdor Liberman of planning to form a government with Arab parties.
- 04Malinovsky stated Gantz's campaign decision was a moral failure, not a criminal offense.
- 05Blue and White criticized Yisrael Beytenu's record of senior officials facing investigation and imprisonment.
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