Meretz faction leader Ilan Gilon equated the Holocaust to the way in which Israel treats migrant workers and aroused the ire of Jewish Home faction leader Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli who expressed her shock that a Knesset member could make such a comparison.
Mualem-Rafaeli sad that "this is a shame and disgrace and you should stop your self-righteousness as you are one of the worst degraders of the Holocaust."
"These are migrant workers who came here illegally whereas the persecution of the Jews was for racial motives. No migrant did not get backing from Israel so how can you make such a comparison?"