Shas faction chairman MK Yanon Azoulay condemned the Bnei Brak police station commander, Deputy Superintendent Yuval Shavit, during a Knesset plenum speech on Wednesday, saying footage of Shavit dragging a protester and tearing his trousers is a shocking sight that must not be ignored. "All that was missing was them shooting them in the head," Azoulay said, while calling on Minister Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Danny Levi to intervene immediately to stop police violence, according to journalist Eli Hirschman on N12.
MK Yanon Azoulay, the Shas faction chairman, escalated the political attack on police conduct in Bnei Brak during a Wednesday afternoon Knesset plenum speech. He cited specific footage of Bnei Brak-Ramat Gan Police Station Commander Deputy Superintendent Yuval Shavit dragging a demonstrator and tearing his trousers, describing the scene as shocking and warning that the situation nearly escalated to lethal force ("all that was missing was them shooting them in the head").
Azoulay addressed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Danny Levi directly, demanding they intervene immediately to stop what he termed police violence and ensure such incidents are not repeated. The Knesset speech follows a wave of similar condemnations from Haredi MKs this week. As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday, UTJ MK Meir Porush called on the police commissioner and involved officers to resign, and a video purportedly showing Shavit dragging a protester was circulated by journalist Eli Hirschman, though it has not been independently verified and no official police response has been issued. Moskov, a commentator, also accused police of using disproportionate force against Haredi protesters in related remarks.
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