PM condemns recent offensive remarks made by MKs during Knesset debate

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the recent offensive remarks made by lawmakers during Knesset debates.

On Monday, Oren Hazan called handicapped MK Ilan Gilaon “half a human” and Elazar Stern appeared to suggest that Miri Regev gave sexual favors in order to advance in the IDF.

“The recent remarks heard in the Knesset are inappropriate and have no place in the Israeli discourse,” Netanyahu says.

“I am in favor of sharp and occasional arguments, even pointed ones, as long as they unfold with dignity and relate to the matter at hand and not to a person’s body.”

“I am against offensive or chauvinist discourse that does not respect the Knesset and us as public emissaries.”