
A heated confrontation in the plenary: Knesset Deputy Speaker, MK Yaakov Margi, removed MK Samir Ben Said of the Ta'al party from the podium after he congratulated the new pro-Palestinian mayor of New York, Zoharan Mamadani.
""Get off the podium, you brazen one. A member of Knesset is standing here in the Israeli Knesset and greeting an anti-Semitic person, a supporter of terrorism, who finds it difficult to condemn a massacre and the murder of infants," Margi shouted at Ben Said.
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""In the Israeli parliament, an MK can stand and congratulate an anti-Semitic person who supports terrorism!": MK Samir Ben Said sought to congratulate the elected mayor of New York, and Knesset Deputy Speaker Yaakov Margi did not remain indifferent@yakmargi @TallyGotliv pic.twitter.com/fkgCdCEXPT
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