Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor (Likud) used his ministerial power Tuesday to hold up a bill that would require a referendum on any surrender of the strategic
As a minister, he exercised his privilege to force the Knesset committee that is considering the bill to return it to a ministerial panel. He argued that allowing the public to decide the international border with
The current law requires an absolute majority in the Knesset before surrendering any part of the Golan.
Meridor, whom Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu persuaded to run for the Knesset in order to offset more nationalist candidates, stated during the election campaign that he would be willing to negotiate the status of the Golan Heights with
Katzrin regional council chairman Sammy Bar-Lev told Arutz-7 that he hopes Likud voters will settle a score with Meridor. “We are very disappointed and angry. He has all kinds of legal reasons…but the bottom line is that he caused a delay when we already had a majority.” He added that coalition leaders promised him that the bill will return to the Knesset committee for a vote by next month.
In his appeal to the Knesset committee to return the bill to the ministerial committee, the Intelligence Minister wrote, “Our borders with
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