MK Danny Danon (Likud) is demanding a Knesset hearing against Defense Minister Barak in response to the latter's directive to IDF officers to refrain from appearing before Knesset committees. "It seems that Barak has forgotten that Israel is a democratic country and that he is only an elected official acting under the watchful eye of the public. Barak is acting like a dictator and is rendering the Knesset committees ineffective.