Far-right minister claims MKs are allowed to break into military bases

29 July 2024, 6:14 pm

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Far-right Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf claims that parliamentary immunity applies to lawmakers who break into military bases, after far-right activists and MKs burst into the Sde Teiman military base.

Wasserlauf, of the Otzma Yehudit party, who was present at the protest outside the base, tells 103FM radio that he himself did not enter the base and discouraged those protesting the arrest of nine soldiers over alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee from doing so.

“In my eyes, it does not help pass on the message,” he said. “I can’t support an illegal break-in. I am a minister of the State of Israel.”

But, he adds: “Knesset members have immunity. They are allowed to enter.”

Earlier, Shanna Orlik of the Hitorerut organization filed a police complaint against Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot for breaking into Sde Teiman, which she points out is a criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence, demanding that he be investigated.