Communications Minister Shlomo Karai said in a Knesset plenum debate on MK Tally Gotliv's immunity request that a 'junta' of legal advisers, officials, and judges has decided 'to steal the state.' The remark escalates political tensions around the immunity proceedings.
Shlomo Karai, Israel's communications minister and a Likud member, delivered the remarks during a Knesset plenum discussion of MK Tally Gotliv's request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution. His statement, accusing legal advisers, civil servants, and judges of collectively aiming to 'steal the state,' reflects the deep rift between coalition lawmakers and the judicial system. The immunity request itself is tied to separate legal proceedings against Gotliv. Karai's choice of language — 'junta' (כנופיה) — represents an unusually harsh framing by a sitting minister against the legal establishment. No immediate response from the Attorney General's office or the Judiciary has been reported.
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