Speaking at the opening of the Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to President Isaac Herzog’s criticism of Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana minutes earlier for refusing to acknowledge Supreme Court President Isaac Amit’s position, saying he “agrees” with Herzog.
“Isaac Amit is the president of the Supreme Court,” says Netanyahu, with Herzog sitting next to the lectern. “That’s a fact.”
“But I am the prime minister of Israel, and these are ministers in the government of Israel,” he says to applause from the coalition and shouts of protests from across the aisle. “That’s a fact. And that is the speaker of Israel’s Knesset, and these the members of Israel’s Knesset, and that is also a fact.”
“These facts must be recognized by all sides, and not just by one side. That’s what is needed here, Mr. President.”
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