MK Nir Barkat (Likud) on Friday criticized MK Miri Regev after she told Yediot Aharonot in an interview that “it is time for a Sephardic Prime Minister” and noted that the Likud leadership is made up mainly of Ashkenazi men.
“This is a divisive statement that has no place in the movement,” Barkat told Channel 12 News in an interview, adding, "We are a movement of the people and we have everything, thank God - secular, traditional religious, Jews and non-Jews. We have all the diversity and our leadership is elected based on the path it presents and the values they bring from home. If we want to return to power, we must unite within the Likud and outside of it."
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