Far-right MK summoned after pulling gun on Arab guards during parking altercation

22 December 2021, 2:05 pm

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Screen capture from video of MK Itamar Ben Gvir, with a pistol in his right hand, during an altercation with Arab security guards at the Expo Tel Aviv conference center, December 21, 2021. (Twitter)

The Knesset Guard summons MK Itamar Ben Gvir for a “refresher on the rules” after the far-right lawmaker pulled out a pistol during an altercation with Arab security guards over a parking spot.

Ben Gvir was authorized to carry the gun by the Knesset Guard.

Meanwhile, Meretz MK Mossi Raz submits a parliamentary question to the Public Security Ministry asking about gun licenses for convicts. Ben Gvir, who heads the extreme-right Otzma Yehudit party, has numerous past convictions, including for supporting a terror group.

“I call on the public security minister to thoroughly examine the policy that allows Ben Gvir, who has been convicted of grave criminal offenses, to hold a weapon in his hand,” Raz says after video emerged of the incident.