In yet another politically tainted move, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Isman on Wednesday approved a police probe into three right-wing government members, Likud MK Nissim Vaturi, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit), and Otzma Yehudit MK Tzvi Sukkot, regarding their break-in into the Sde Teiman base eight months ago. On July 29, 2024, masked military police raided the Sdei Teiman base and arrested nine reservists for the alleged abuse of a Nukhba terrorist. The main charge of sodomy was later proven to be completely unfounded but not before the public arrest caused untold damage to Israel. In the wake of the arrest, a crowd of protesters gathered at the Sde Teiman and Beit Lid bases to protest, some of whom breached the gates of the bases, including the three government members. MK Vaturi responded, stating: “You will not silence me. I will not submit to a political interrogation orchestrated by the Deep State attorney and the Attorney-General of the Kaplan cult. They will have to drag me out of the Knesset in handcuffs.” Vaturi then referred to the fact that Gali-Baharav has yet to summon leftist leaders who openly called for civil rebellion, including Ehud Barak, who called for Jewish bodies to float in the Yarkon. “Before you come after me, interrogate Yair Golan, Naama Lazimi, Ehud Barak, Dan Halutz, and Bogi Ya’alon,” adding, “Or is their immunity guaranteed as part of the coup plot you are leading?” “This is yet another idiotic attempt by the duo Gali and Amit to take revenge on right-wing Knesset members,” Vaturi continued. “The fact that they informed their ‘prosecution spokesperson’—Channel 12’s reporter—beforehand proves this to be an act of retaliation, lacking both factual and legal basis.” Sukkot stated: “This is a political probe. The probe into the leak of the Sdei Teman video was buried with the approval of the Supreme Court; the burning of bonfires on the road by Lazimi – was buried by the Attorney General despite the police request; the leaking of the protocol from the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee by Gilad Kariv – there is no investigation despite the request of the Knesset Officer. Only we are summoned for an investigation. The Deep State wants us in prison. Period.” Eliyahu referred to his immunity as a Knesset member, saying:  “I will not appear for a political investigation. In a law-abiding state, a Knesset member has a duty to act when there is suspicion of a crime. This is the very essence of the immunity law—not as protection for the Knesset member but as protection for the public’s representatives and the public itself against the abuse of governmental power.” National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir responded to the announcement by stating: “While the Attorney General and the State Attorney are quick to approve investigations against elected officials from the right, they wink at far more serious offenses committed by MK Gilad Kariv, who was caught leaking secret protocols from the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee; by Yair Golan who calls for rebellion and refusal to serve in the IDF; by MK Naama Lazimi who starts fires; and the unequivocal incitement calls of Ehud Olmert, who declared in 2023: ‘It is time to move to the war stage – not in speeches but in face-to-face combat.'” […]