Groups like Brothers in Arms and Peace Now accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of endangering national security with the appointment.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid also refused to condemn the incident.
Lapid: FM lacks diplomatic experience • publication of meeting was “amateurish, irresponsible, and reflected a serious failure of judgment"
"It began when the party decided to lower its security flag to half-mast," the former IDF Sayeret Matkal commander lamented.
Labor head Merav Michaeli attacked the visit by Gotliv, saying: "The political arm is coming to visit the military arm. A party of full terror supporters within Netanyahu's coalition."
After the Knesset passed the bill to cancel the reasonableness standard, the Labor party leader wrote in her Twitter account that she received calls from around the world.
This comes shortly after a prominent judicial reform protest leader was arrested in Tel Aviv during a demonstration on Thursday morning.
According to the survey, the Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz continues to lead with 28 mandates.
Rayten: "I think [Michaeli] is being treated wrongly. Obviously, if you look in retrospect, a merger with Meretz could change the entire picture."
MKs Michaeli and Gantz withdrew their candidates from the running in order to unite the opposition.
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