National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir accused the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality of “harming police officers,” as he made a rare and unexpected appearance at a committee meeting on victims of sexual violence on Wednesday.

The far-right minister said that he was attending the meeting “for one reason: because you have hurt our representatives.” The unsubstantiated charges prompted outrage from the committee members, who demanded an explanation.

“I’m giving you a chance — police and [ministry] representatives will attend today, and I’m asking you not to harm them,” he continued, ignoring and speaking over committee members.

Acting committee chair Yesh Atid MK Adi Azuz, an opposition lawmaker, accused Ben Gvir of derailing the session, asking, “Did you come here to provoke or to help? Forty-six women have been murdered since the beginning of the year.”

“You haven’t done what I’ve done in the last three years,” the minister retorted, declining to elaborate.

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