Cassif scuffled with police after attempting to raise a Palestinian flag in Jerusalem's Old City.
The committee will be required to appoint a woman to one of each of the roles, including justices, Knesset members, ministers, and Bar Association members.
This year's Celebrate Israel Parade will be held in New York City on June 4.
The budget must pass by next Monday, May 29. If it does not, the Knesset automatically disperses and an election is called.
"Thank you all from the bottom of my heart," he wrote on Facebook. "I have decided not to run for the next term of the Knesset."
Of the country’s 22 previous chiefs-of-staff, all of whom were lieutenant generals, all but three have gone into politics.
Canadian Olim said that “you claim to be our voice in the Knesset. Now is the time to stand up for the Zionist vision that has inspired thousands just like us to make Israel our home.”
Several members of Knesset were absent from the vote, including Mansour Abbas (Ra'am), David Amsalem (Likud) and David Bitan (Likud).
Gotliv will not be able to speak during the next two Knesset plenum sessions on March 22 and March 27, and in Knesset committee for three days.
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