Rabbi Dov Lando Asks Veteran Knesset Members Gafni and Maklev to Step Aside

The leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community has asked two senior lawmakers to make way for new representatives, while requesting that Gafni continue as party chairman. Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch did not join the decision.
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