Tel Aviv —
A wave of jeers greeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s parliament prepared for a blitz of controversial legislation in the government’s closing days.
“Shame, leave, go!” dozens of opposition lawmakers shouted on Tuesday.
The commotion was so loud that Netanyahu left the chamber, sitting out the vote entirely. It passed anyway.
Netanyahu’s absence didn’t slow the legislative push his coalition rushed through this week, before the Knesset dissolved Friday ahead of an October 27 election. A cluster of contentious bills were rapidly finalized – primarily designed to satisfy the demands of his ultra-Orthodox and far-right allies, analysts say.
