Itzik Criticized for Inviting Ambassadors to Jerusalem Anniversary
by Barak Ravid and Shachar Ilan (Haaretz)
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After several leading foreign ambassadors refused an invitation to a Knesset event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem’s unification, some Knesset members criticized Speaker Dalia Itzik for having invited them in the first place.
“Not a single country recognizes the unification of Jerusalem,” noted Labor MK Colette Avital, who heads the house’s Jerusalem caucus. “It was clear that the ambassadors would not come, so [Itzik] should not have invited them, thereby causing this embarrassment.”
