The Finance Committee's discussion held today (Tuesday) on the Omarikon Grants Law was particularly heated after a confrontation broke out over police activity at the journalist funeral that was killed in Jenin, Sheerin Abu-Akla.
As you may recall, Israel Today reported for the first time that Deputy Minister Avir Kara on the right is demanding that MK Ofer Kasif be removed from the joint list from the Knesset.
Today as stated, a confrontation began between the two.
The confrontation began after MK Yinon Azulai of Shas referred to the statement of the Northern District Police Chief Superintendent Shimon Lavi in the context of the celebration to be held in Meron this year that "because those who practice riots everywhere should be treated harshly and that this is not Meron worshipers' way."
According to MK Azoulay, "the hard hand is not seen in East Jerusalem in the violence there or in the riots of Israeli Arabs, where the deployment of the Israeli police in front of those rioters and terrorists is seen as an outgrowth of this lax government."
MK Ofer Kasif commented and stung when he said: "I agree that the police should not behave brutally anywhere, neither in Meron nor anywhere, not even in Jerusalem or in the territories of Judea and Samaria."
Funeral of Sheerin Abu Akla: Police cleared a road leading to the coffin of the journalist who was killed in Jenin // Photo: Police spokeswoman
Deputy Minister Avir Kara, did not like Kasif's response and launched a scathing attack: "You are mistaken in the Knesset of Israel, you should be thrown out of here, I am collecting signatures for that. You are oppressing Israel and hating Israel. "You should not be allowed to speak at all. Even in a democracy, he can not speak out against the police."
MK Ofir Katz of the Likud agreed with Kara's remarks and continued: "One like you should not be in the Knesset.
"Our policemen and their hard work must be respected. Instead, you are beating the policeman, you do not deserve to be here."
The chairman of the finance committee, MK Alex Kushnir, supported and said that "I join your initiative to remove MK Kasif from the Knesset after the shameful incident of beating the policeman, but in this debate I would like to concentrate on the subject of the debate."
"I agree that the police should not attack demonstrators and not be brutal, not in Meron, not in Jerusalem, not in Judea and Samaria or anywhere else.
What Azoulay said is nonsense. "Kasif replied," The police acted violently at Sheerin's funeral.
People carrying a closet.
"The police acted with criminal violence."
The chairman of the committee, Kushnir, replied that "the one who held the coffin was the one who wanted to snatch the coffin and not the family." MK Ahmad Tibi, who arrived in the middle of the confrontation, interrupted the mutual shouts and claimed that " will be".
In response to his remarks, Deputy Minister Kara: "We will recruit the signatures and we will also throw you away."
And Tibi replied "I do not answer zero."
Documentation: MK Ofer Kasif confronts police officers in southern Mount Hebron
Kasif responded to the allegations against him and responded again with a scathing attack: "Two zeros are not interested in the truth but populism, I passed videos to the police. Also regarding the incident I was in, there is false populism here. Let's be precise, what was there."
Kasif commented that "the incident started with a policeman threatening and it is recorded in a documented video, a policeman puts his hand on the gun and tells his friend if he is traveling I shoot him, MKs do not refer to it, a policeman threatens to kill a MK or a citizen who did not break the law, a policeman stands in front A citizen says he will shoot him, apparently it is Arabs and people on the left, is it okay for a policeman to threaten to shoot them? .
MK Shlomo Qarai from the Likud responded to Kasif's remarks and stung again: "Did the police fabricate your video?
The head hit your hand? "
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