Three of the four members of the Knesset’s Ethics Committee MKs Arieh Eldad, Rachel Adato and Tzipi Hotovely boycotted it Monday morning in protest over the conduct of committee chairman MK Shelly Yachimovich (Labor). They say she has prevented a debate over the conduct of MK Hanin Zouabi and other Arab MKs who recently visited enemy states like Libya and participated in the flotilla to Gaza in which IDF soldiers were attacked.
The Labor party receives about a quarter of its votes from the Arab sector.