Knesset Member Kroizer Summoned for Questioning in Police Assault Probe
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Member of Knesset Yitzhak Kroizer was summoned for questioning by the Police Investigations Department on Wednesday over allegations of assaulting police officers during an incident in Migdal Yitzhar. Kroizer denies the claims, accusing the Attorney General and police officials of a politically motivated "witch hunt" ahead of elections. The incident reportedly occurred at a memorial event where Kroizer claims police used excessive force against him. He also alleges he was prevented from filing a complaint against the officers.
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- MK Yitzhak Kroizer summoned for questioning by Police Investigations Department over alleged assault.
- Kroizer denies allegations, calling it a politically motivated "witch hunt" by the Attorney General.
- The incident occurred at a memorial event in Migdal Yitzhar after a ceremony for fallen soldiers.
- Kroizer claims police used excessive force, pepper spray, and prevented him from filing a complaint.
- The summons comes two weeks before Israeli elections.
Member of Knesset Yitzhak Kroizer of the Otzma Yehudit party was summoned for questioning by the Police Investigations Department (PID) on Wednesday, following an alleged violent incident in Migdal Yitzhar where he is suspected of assaulting police officers. Kroizer denies the allegations, calling it a "witch hunt" orchestrated by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The summons came after the head of the Police Investigations and Intelligence Department, Superintendent Boaz Balt, requested that Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana summon Kroizer, who chairs the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, for questioning regarding the incident.
The event occurred after a memorial for four IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon, including Kroizer's childhood friend Aviad Neiman. Kroizer claims that during the event, he was attempting to calm tensions and assist the bereaved families when officers used unreasonable force against him, hitting him and spraying pepper spray in his eyes, despite him identifying himself as a Knesset member. He further stated that he went to the PID offices on Sunday to file a complaint against the officers, but after waiting for nearly four hours, he was prevented from submitting it due to an alleged directive from above.
"The political witch hunt led by Gali Baharav-Miara and Boaz Balt has crossed all boundaries and lost all restraint," Kroizer stated in response to his summons. "Four hours to prevent me from filing a complaint. A few moments to advance my summons for investigation. Selective enforcement in all its ugliness. And all this, miraculously, just two weeks before the elections. This is a orchestrated political investigation, designed to turn the complainant into the suspect."
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