MK Nachman Shai, head of the Israeli delegation to the IPU, expressed doubts that such an initiative could succeed, saying, “It seems unlikely. We have good ties in the IPU, at the level of the secretary-general & chairman, and I think our status there is good.”
By MAAYAN GROISMAN, LAHAV HARKOV
The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union on Monday voted to move to expel the Knesset from the international IPU due to the “racist laws”’ it allegedly legislates.
Knesset plenum – Photo Gil Yochanan
The IPU is an international organization for parliaments from all over the world, which works in collaboration with the UN. Continue Reading »
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