July 23, 2012

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Kadima Party head Shaul Mofaz has declared that four party members have seceded from the party.

Mofaz on Monday asked the Knesset House committee to dismiss the party members, who reportedly have pledged their allegiance to the Likud Party.

“Anyone was wants to join the corrupt go ahead and leave, anyone who wants to join the draft-dodgers go ahead and leave, anyone who wants to take political bribes go ahead and leave, anyone who wants to join forces with Netanyahu – leave now,” Mofaz said after submitting a letter with his request to the committee.

The four Kadima members are Arieh Bibi, Avi Duan, Otniel Schneller, and Yulia Shamolov-Berkovich.

The request means that the former Kadima members cannot run for a Knesset seat with Kadima in the next elections, and will no longer receive party funding.

Several party members led by former minister Tzachi Hanegbi, dubbed the Kadima rebels, had attempted to recruit seven Kadima party members to leave the party, which would have engendered an official split, meaning that they could take part of the funds with them.

Meanwhile, some Kadima Party members are working to depose party leader Shaul Mofaz, Haaretz reported Monday.
 

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