The Likud party has issued a statement condemning the Knesset Speaker for a "new low" in his attacks on democratic process, following Speaker MK Mickey Levy's decision not to allow Likud MK Kathrin Shitrit and Yamina MK Amichai Chikli to organize an event on the topic of "the European Union and extreme left-wing organizations and their backing of violence in Judea and Samaria." "Imposing censorship on events, especially events designed to focus on the serious problem of violent attacks on citizens and the involvement of official state organizations from foreign countries in internal Israeli affairs, is something that is utterly unacceptable," the statement said. "The Likud party calls on the Knesset Speaker to retract his decision. The Knesset belongs to all its members and all the citizens of Israel, not just to one side."
