Northern council head announces leaving Likud: 'There are 22 billion reasons'
ראש המועצה בצפון הודיע על עזיבת הליכוד: "יש 22 מיליארד סיבות"
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Michael Kabsa, head of the Hatzor HaGlilit local council in northern Israel, announced he is leaving the Likud party after his town received nothing from the budgets the government allocated to the north. He accused the government of a 'targeted assassination of an entire town', saying his loyalty is to residents, not the party.
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מיכאל קבסה, ראש מועצת חצור הגלילית, הודיע על עזיבת התנועה אחרי שהיישוב לא קיבל שקל בתקציבים שהקצתה הממשלה לצפון. "ממשלה ביצעה סיכול ממוקד ליישוב שלם", הוא תקף. "הליכוד היה עבורי בית פוליטי - אבל הנאמנות שלי היא לבית, לתושבים ולא למפלגה"Related dispatches
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