MK Taha elected chairman of the Interior Committee, Ben Gvir valid: "Your place with Zakaria Zabeidi" | Israel Today

A storm broke out today (Sunday) during a discussion in the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee after MK Walid Taha was elected chairman of the committee. MK Itamar Ben Gvir was the only one who voted against and claimed that Taha identifies with terrorism.

On the other hand, the chairman of the elected committee promised: "I will run the committee stately and serve all citizens.

There are no first- and second-class citizens. "Taha was elected after his faction member MK Said Al-Kharomi passed away last month.

"Everyone will receive fair treatment from me. We will continue the path of our friend Said Al-Kharomi, whom I supported in his appointment as chairman, and in the short way he did, he managed to pass the important OTMAL law. He left us unexpectedly, and I took it very hard. Like the late Said. "I support life, and we continue on the path," said MK Taha.

MK Taha elected chairman of the Interior Committee // Photo: Interior Committee

Knesset Speaker MK Miki Levy congratulated the new Speaker: “You were elected in tragic circumstances after the untimely departure of our dear friend Said Al-Kharomi.

Said passed a law that was renewed and perfected by him in the most intelligent way, during a period of pressure.

We are ready to serve the committee and we will do everything to ensure that this important committee succeeds in fulfilling its purpose.

I'm to your right. "

"Congratulations to my friend and brother Walid, the right man in the right place," said the chairman of the Ra'am faction, MK Mansour Abbas. "We have lost our brother Said and I continue on his way.

We have all touched on the issue of the Negev, the familiar and unfamiliar localities.

Determine the feelings Said felt.

I have no doubt that his health condition was affected by the coping and difficulties that the residents of the Negev experience every day. "

Ben Gvir (Archive), Oren Ben Hakon

 On the other hand, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, who as stated opposed the election of the new chairman, attacked MK Ma'aram: "Our children whose inmates in prisons are freedom fighters, ideological prisoners, prisoners of conscience." MK Ben Gvir turned to Taha and said: "How can you be appointed chairman of the Interior Committee, you refused to condemn Hamas, you refused to condemn a terrorist organization, you visited terrorist families in Umm al-Fahm from the night of the pitchforks. "In Syria, this is a joke at our expense that you are the chairman of the Interior Committee, your place with Zakaria Zabeidi."