The Flagbearers, a group of Labor Party activists who think their party has veered too far to the left, rebuked Labor MK Stav Shaffir Monday for her controversial statements regarding the status of Jerusalem in Jewish history.
Shaffir had criticized Education Minister Naftali Bennett – who announced that this year's theme in Israel's schools will be Jerusalem – for stating that Jewish history began in Jerusalem, and claimed that it had begun "in Egypt," or "at Mount Sinai."
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