During a heated Knesset committee exchange on Monday, MK Miki Levy (Yesh Atid) warned he would summon coalition chairman Ofir Katz for questioning once MK Moshe Segalovitch becomes National Security minister. Katz retorted that when Segalovitch takes office, the minister may intervene in investigations — and that anyone opposing the right-wing coalition should be sent straight to jail, not summoned for a hearing.
The exchange escalated at the Knesset Arrangements Committee on Monday afternoon, with coalition chairman Ofir Katz (Likud) telling opponents of the right-wing coalition that they should be jailed immediately without a hearing. The remark came in response to MK Miki Levy's (Yesh Atid) earlier threat to summon Katz for questioning once MK Moshe Segalovitch (Shas) assumes the post of National Security minister — a pledge Levy first made publicly at 12:52 Jerusalem.
As The Zioneer reported at 12:52 Jerusalem, the opening salvo came during a committee debate on MK Tally Gottlieb's immunity request, when Levy warned that Segalovitch would be appointed and "won't forget what happened here." Minutes later, at the same time stamp, the desk reported Katz taunting Levy — "what will you do, a dungeon?" — and asserting that once Segalovitch takes office, he will be allowed to intervene in police investigations. By 14:09 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published Levy's explicit threat to summon Katz for questioning. The current exchange shows Katz hardening his position, moving from taunts to a direct call for jailing opponents.
Background context, as The Zioneer previously reported, includes Katz's earlier clashes with Levy this month over illegal infiltration enforcement and over Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's opposition to granting immunity to MK Tally Gottlieb. Both figures have traded sharp remarks on coalition discipline and law enforcement boundaries. No formal motion for a committee hearing or criminal probe has been filed.
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