MK Oren Hazan (Likud) caused an uproar at the Knesset House Committee on Wednesday evening, as it prepared the law to dissolve the Knesset for its second and third readings. Hazan called MK Penina Tamanu-Shata (Yesh Atid), who came to Israel from Ethiopia, a “token immigrant” and she fired back, "I am a proud black woman. And if I am a 'token immigrant', then I call on the Ethiopian immigrants not to vote for the Likud." She’s screaming like crazy.”After the uproar, Hazan published a response in which he wrote, "Time after time, Yahir (the Hebrew word for arrogant and a play on Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid’s name -ed.) Most recently, he called MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) "half a human being" during a heated debate in the Knesset.

Source: Ethiopian News December 27, 2018 03:45 UTC