Minister of Trade and Labor Shalom Simchon lashed out at Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz in a Wednesday morning interview with IDF Radio (Galei Tzahal). “He’s a poodle who’s engaged in political maneuvering instead of the budget,” he said.

Simchon belongs to the Independence party led by Defense Minister Ehud Barak. On Tuesday, Steinitz accused Barak of making trouble between Israel and the United States.