The Knesset Interior Committee attempted to hold a session today, at the request of MK Michael Kleiner (Herut), but was unsuccessful. Kleiner wished to raise a proposal that policemen appear in disguise - to ensure their safety - when testifying before the Orr Commission of Inquiry regarding the Israeli-Arab riots of last year, in which 13 Arabs were killed in clashes with the police. (The Orr Commission\'s sessions were cut off after only an hour today, because of lack of agreement on this issue. It was later decided that they will testify tomorrow from behind a screen.)
At one point in today\'s Knesset committee session, the chairman asked Arab MK Abdel Malek Dahamsha to exit the hall - and the other Arab MKs, screaming and cursing, refused to allow the Knesset orderlies to remove him. Arab MK Muhammed Kena\'an even lifted a chair to throw at MK Amnon Cohen of Shas, and MK Ahmed Tibi threatened to hit Likud MK Ze\'ev Boim. MK Yigal Bibi (NRP) said afterwards, \"The intifada has arrived in the Knesset. Today it was a chair, tomorrow it will be rocks! The Knesset Ethics Committee must convene immediately regarding this wild outburst, which had cursing, chair-throwing, and almost punches. MK Kena\'an wanted to hit another Knesset Member, and two people were needed to hold him back!\"
At one point in today\'s Knesset committee session, the chairman asked Arab MK Abdel Malek Dahamsha to exit the hall - and the other Arab MKs, screaming and cursing, refused to allow the Knesset orderlies to remove him. Arab MK Muhammed Kena\'an even lifted a chair to throw at MK Amnon Cohen of Shas, and MK Ahmed Tibi threatened to hit Likud MK Ze\'ev Boim. MK Yigal Bibi (NRP) said afterwards, \"The intifada has arrived in the Knesset. Today it was a chair, tomorrow it will be rocks! The Knesset Ethics Committee must convene immediately regarding this wild outburst, which had cursing, chair-throwing, and almost punches. MK Kena\'an wanted to hit another Knesset Member, and two people were needed to hold him back!\"