In a discussion held today (Sunday) in the Constitution Committee, Likud MK Gadi Yabarkan caused a stir: "In Israel, concentration camps are being set up for the 5 million citizens of the country who do not have a green daughter, as in Austria."
Following the unusual statement, he was removed from the hearing.
Yabarkan was reprimanded by the head of the committee: "Your use of this phrase is a despicable and disgusting thing. To speak in this language, about public servants, who are busy day and night to protect health, even if your mind is different from theirs. Shame and disgrace."
Karib also asked MK Yabarkan to end his remarks, after Corona professor Prof. Salman Zarka broke out: "It is one thing to express a position, and it is another thing to disrupt a committee's discussion.
I read you first and I will move on. "
MK Yabarkan replied: "You can not end my right to speak.
I'll stop when I want to, you will not tell me to shut up.
You do like Austria.
All that is missing here are concentration camps. "
"Your use of this pair of words is a despicable and disgusting thing. You will leave the committee room immediately. These are ugly words, a moment of depression. This room will not be used in the context of Israeli government activity," Karib told the Likud MK.
"There are limits to Knesset members as well. It is a shame to use this pair of words in the context of a government policy that is busy protecting the public. You can disagree with government policy, you can argue, you can disagree and you can vote here. "And night to protect public health, even if your opinion is different from theirs. Shame and disgrace," Karib added.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz responded to the storm in the Knesset: "The comparison made today by MK Gadi Yabarkan between the precautions designed to maintain public health and prevent disease, and concentration camps set up by the Nazis during the Holocaust - disgusting and nauseating.
"Things border on Holocaust denial and humiliate the victims and survivors. This is of course a disgraceful and disgusting statement also towards the medical personnel and health care workers who give their souls for the health of us all. .
The comparison made by MK Yabarkan between the precautions for maintaining public health and preventing disease, and concentration camps set up by the Nazis - is disgusting. This borders on Holocaust denial and humiliates the victims and survivors. .
- Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz (@NitzanHorowitz) December 26, 2021
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