The High Court of Justice abruptly halted a Thursday hearing to determine who would oversee the highly polarizing investigation into the Sde Teiman leak affair, with security guards called to eject audience members from the courtroom amid incessant shouting.

The proceedings were heavily disrupted, with audience members supportive of the government shouting comments against the judges and the Israel Bar Association. Multiple people were thrown out of the court for their disruptions, including a disgruntled audience member who shouted at High Court President Isaac Amit that he was “a criminal.”

Firebrand Likud MK Tally Gotliv was among those heckling and holding up proceedings, shouting about the need to “investigate the attorney general” in the case.

As the court adjourned, one of the attendees, reportedly a reservist soldier charged with severely abusing a Gazan detainee at the Sde Teiman facility last year, shouted at the judges: “You trash, you kapo.”

Kapos were prisoners in Nazi camps who, either voluntarily or coerced, were appointed to oversee their fellow prisoners and carry out tasks for the Nazis. The epithet was apparently meant to imply that the judges were working for Israel’s enemies.

The hearing resumed after audience members were removed.

Chaos then ensued in the lobby, with some people shouting “rapists” at soldiers from the unit in which the alleged abusers served, Channel 12 news reported. Guards then had to break up a physical scuffle.

As the hearing resumed, Amit said, “These incidents happen again and again, and their severity cannot be understated,” adding, “I don’t know of another democratic country in the world where people riot like this in the Supreme Court.”

חברי השלטון בהובלת טלי גוטליב וכוח 100 משדה תימן עושים בלאגן בתוך בית המשפט העליון.
ראש האופוזיציה לפיד בתגובה: "במדינה דמוקרטית זה לא היה קורה. במצב נורמלי שר המשפטים ויו״ר הכנסת היו מגנים ושומרים על כבוד בית המשפט. אבל הם עצמם מובילים את ההסתה הרעילה שהביאה אותנו לשפל הזה." pic.twitter.com/K3mCtCiko6

— demoz goveze (@DemozGoveze) November 27, 2025

He also called........

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