In a heated Knesset exchange, MK Miki Levy (Yesh Atid) said MK Moshe Segalovitch will soon be appointed Minister of Public Security and "won't forget what happened here." Coalition Chairman MK Ofir Katz (Likud) taunted back — "what will you do, a dungeon?" — and said that once Segalovitch takes office, he will be allowed to interfere in investigations, marking a rare public threat between coalition and opposition in committee.
In a tense Knesset committee session Monday afternoon, a rare open exchange between coalition and opposition lawmakers signaled escalating political tensions around the expected appointment of MK Moshe Segalovitch as Minister of Public Security.
MK Miki Levy (Yesh Atid) told the committee: "Soon MK Segalovitch will be appointed Minister of Public Security — he won't forget what happened here and what you did." The comment was widely interpreted as a warning directed at coalition members over their conduct in the ongoing debate regarding MK Tali Gottlieb's immunity request.
Coalition Chairman MK Ofir Katz (Likud) shot back: "What will you do to us? A dungeon?" Levy replied: "They will summon you for questioning." Katz then escalated, saying: "Why does there need to be an investigation? Straight to jail — we are right-wing people. The Minister of National Security is not allowed to interfere in investigations — until Segalovitch becomes Minister of National Security, and then it's allowed. Write that down."
As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, the exchange follows a broader committee dispute over Gottlieb's immunity and Katz's sharp criticism of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for opposing the immunity request. The Segalovitch appointment has not yet been formally announced, and the direct threat to use a future ministerial position to override investigative independence marks an unusual and potentially significant political development.
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