Election Committee Opens Hearings with Prayer for Injured Envoy's Son, Lawmaker Slams Far-Right Party
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
By כיכר השבת, קובי ישראל
First reported by Srugim · 2 hours ago
What happened
The Israeli Central Elections Committee began its second day of hearings on disqualifying political lists with a prayer for Neriah Leiter, son of the Israeli Ambassador to the US, who was seriously injured in a terror attack. Separately, MK Gilad Kariv strongly condemned the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, calling its leaders and members racist during a hearing on a disqualification request against them.
- 01Election committee hearings opened with a prayer for injured envoy's son.
- 02MK Kariv labeled Otzma Yehudit leaders and members as racist.
- 03Neriah Leiter, son of Israel's US ambassador, is in critical condition.
- 04Leiter was injured in a vehicular terror attack on Route 443.
- 05Otzma Yehudit faces a disqualification request due to alleged racism.
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