Likud leaders are ‘Nazis, mafia’, Israel minister says

Israeli Communications Minister Ayoub Kara on Tuesday described leaders of his Likud party as “Nazis” and “mafia”, Israeli TV Channel 13 reported.

“The Likud are Nazis; a mafia of Amsalem and Biton,” Kara shouted.

According to the Times of Israel, Kara was referring to Likud MKs David Amsalem and David Bitan, loyal allies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and party strongmen.

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Kara, who failed to gain a position in the Likud primaries, denied using those terms after he got embroiled in a shouting match when he came to appeal his standing in the party at Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Kara’s lawyer, Sigalit Gozlan, denied the reports saying Kara made no such comment.

“These things have no basis in reality,” Gozlan said. “There was indeed a charged discussion, but anyone who knows the minister knows that these words are not part of his lexicon.”