But other ministers and coalition lawmakers defended and even took part in the riots. Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister, supported the storming of the sites, while at least one member of the Jewish Power party, minister of heritage Amihai Ben-Eliyahu, joined the break-in of the Sde Teiman facility.
Tali Gotliev, a lawmaker from Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party, also showed up at the site, appearing next to armed and masked activists. “No one will determine for us what is right and what is not in protests,” she later said.
In May, CNN reported that Palestinians arrested in Gaza were facing brutal conditions at the camp, some of whom were blindfolded and beaten.
A New York Times investigation also found that about 1,200 Palestinian civilians had been held at the camp “without the ability to plead their cases to a judge for up to 75 days”. The prisoners can also be denied access to a lawyer for up to 90 days.
Seven inmates told the New York Times they had been forced to wear diapers while being interrogated. Three said they had received electric shocks.
The Israeli government announced last month that it would begin reducing the number of inmates held at the camp.