The Pensioners party has accepted chairman Rafi Eitan's recommendation to depose Knesset Member Moshe Sharoni as caucus leader. MK Eitan, who also is Minister for Pensioners, said he objected to MK Sharoni's proposal for benefits to senior citizens.
The seven Pensioners MKs voted 4-3 to oust Sharoni, who has been the party's most vocal opponent to the developing Olmert administration plan to carry out more expulsions of Jews in Judea and Samaria and destroy Jewish communities. He will be replaced by MK Yitzchak Galantee.