The decision comes after 25 Knesset signatures were submitted for urgent debate by the Knesset plenum on Prime Minister Netanyahu's request for immunity. The Knesset
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun
Knesset Speaker Yuli (Joel) Edelstein announced his intention to convene the Knesset plenary next Tuesday. The decision was followed by the urging of 25 Knesset members to convene the plenum urgently to discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity
"As I said a week ago, the hearing process on the PM's immunity request has become polluted," Edelstein said. "The factions of the House will turn the Knesset committee's deliberations into banned election propaganda and the Legislature will become a jungle. A bitter taste was felt in a debate that was held at the regular committee a few days ago."
Last week, the Speaker of the Knesset declared: "I will not delay or expedite the debate. I will make all decisions based on the same values that I have been advocating for my entire life and in accordance with the provisions of the law, the Knesset's regulations and existing legal rulings. "
Edelstein: "Knesset Committee Meeting Will Be Wrong" // Photo: Ami Shamir
He says that is how it works now. "Although I disagree with the Knesset Attorney General's position, I believe that in order to maintain the Knesset Speaker's institution by all the factions of the House, it is important to accept it," he added. The Knesset has a skirmish, which in any case is improper, and constitutes contempt of the legislature. It is easy and material that I will not be able to hold a debate in the Knesset on the controversial issue on International Holocaust Day, which will take place next Monday. "
