This morning (Wednesday), in the plenum, MK Taha’s speech was heard in Arabic, and the exchange between him and MK Mansour Abbas was also conducted in Arabic, despite protests by several Knesset members, including MK Ben Gvir, who demanded a speech and spoke in Hebrew. .
Following this, the chairman of Jewish Power, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, addressed the Speaker of the Knesset, Miki Levy, and protested. The state, which must be responded to immediately, and this is not possible due to a misunderstanding of the Arabic language.
At the end of his letter, MK Ben Gvir requested that: “An MK who wishes to speak in Arabic will be required to notify the Speaker of the Knesset in advance, so that it will be possible to prepare in advance and prepare a translation of the speech in advance.”
The speeches in Arabic accompanied the votes on the Electricity Law approved today, after passing the law that allows electricity to be connected to tens of thousands of buildings erected in the Negev without building permits. Ben Gvir responded: “The illegal construction training in the Negev by Bennett and Shaked will be remembered forever. Ben-Gurion said that in the Negev the people of Israel will be tested, and the Israeli government has failed the test.”
Ben Gvir added: “This government is dangerous to the State of Israel. Bennett and Shaked sold the Negev to Mansour Abbas and the Islamic Movement for political survival, and it turns out that there is no step they will not take so that the left-wing government they formed does not disintegrate.”
(Riots in the plenum following the Electricity Law).