A heated political confrontation erupted inside the Israeli Knesset, ending with the removal of lawmaker Tali Gottlieb, a member of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party, from a meeting of the Arrangements Committee on Wednesday.
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The decision to remove her followed repeated interruptions and a fierce attack on speakers, particularly lawmaker Naama Lazimi while she was addressing the committee. Gottlieb was forced to leave the room amid chants from Arab lawmakers shouting: “Get out! Get out of here!”
The crisis erupted after Gottlieb made racist remarks in an intense outburst captured on video, triggering widespread reactions across social media platforms. Some users described her behaviour as “hysterical” and an “outburst of rage and madness.”
The controversy quickly spilled over into Israeli public life, as supporters of Gottlieb and her party threatened to take to the streets in protests against the election results, which they alleged had been “rigged.”
In a strongly worded response, Knesset member Adi Azzouz of the Here Is the Future bloc launched a sharp attack on Gottlieb. She said Gottlieb had fought to enter the 26th Knesset not to serve the Israeli public, but to evade legal accountability by switching to another party.
Azzouz added that Gottlieb had spent four years in government without submitting a single legislative proposal, resorting instead to shouting and insults. She stressed that parliamentary immunity would no longer protect her, adding that the next government “will not be formed by criminals and supporters of terrorism like her and her party leader, who was convicted of supporting terrorism.”
The charged incident comes amid notable political shifts, following the opposition camp to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking control of the committee with decisive support from Arab parties.
For the first time, the United Arab List secured representation on the sensitive Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which oversees information from the Shin Bet, Mossad and the military, through member Yoav Segalovitz. The Joint List also secured a seat on the Finance Committee.
Source: news agencies
