The Knesset lost one of its most vocal and colorful members when Sheli’s Meir Payil resigned his seat Wednesday to make way for Black Panther leader Saodia Morciano. The move is part of a rotation scheme whereby, last year, Uri Avneri took over Sheli’s other seat from Arye Eliav. Interior Minister Yosef Burg had warm words for Payil who, he said, had a keen intellect and able rhetoric that were sometimes misdirected. “He is sometimes Meir (meaning enlightening) and always Payil (meaning active),” Burg quipped.
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