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Knesset panel rules that MK’s calls early in the war to ‘burn Gaza’ didn’t breach ethics rules
MK Nissim Vaturi attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on August 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
The Knesset’s Ethics Committee rejects a complaint filed by Hadash-Ta’al MK Ofer Cassif over a series of calls by Likud MK Nissim Vaturi in late 2023 and early 2024 to “burn Gaza.”
The committee, which can hand down disciplinary punishments to lawmakers, says it “examined the remarks and believes they are of political nature and accurately reflect the Knesset’s member’s ideology.”
It adds: “The committee believes the remarks do not add respect to the Knesset as an institution, particularly in light of his being a deputy Knesset speaker, but due to the importance of safeguarding freedom of speech, there is no justification for ruling that he violated the ethics rules.”
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