Defending MK suspension bill, Netanyahu asks what would Congress do?

Speaking in the Knesset, Netanyahu reiterates his defense of a law that would allow the suspension of MKs who break ethical rules and his lambasting of a group of three lawmakers who visited families of terrorists.

The prime minister asks to imagine what would happen if the British Parliament held a moment of silence for Jihadi John or Congress held one for the San Bernadino shooters.

“They wouldn’t accept it and we won’t accept it. We will work against it,” he says.

Responding to accusations that the law would disenfranchise the Arab community, Netanyahu says his government is doing much to integrate Arabs into Israeli society.

“But at the same time and for the same reasons, we are not ready to accept a situation in which MKs support families of those who murder Israelis,” he says. “There’s a limit.”