Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial with sledgehammer during West Bank tour with IDF
He called the violent demonstration just a “small taste” of a larger campaign to destroy all similar memorials in the territory. “Taking the law into one’s own hands — particularly by public figures — is unacceptable.”Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, considered Netanyahu’s leading opponent in the run-up to the Oct. They have attempted to characterize the governing coalition as inept and misguided in their management of the Palestinian territories, but also affirm that there will not be a Palestinian state.
- ▪He called the violent demonstration just a “small taste” of a larger campaign to destroy all similar memorials in the territory.
- ▪“Taking the law into one’s own hands — particularly by public figures — is unacceptable.”Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, considered Netanyahu’s leading opponent in the run-up to the Oct.
- ▪They have attempted to characterize the governing coalition as inept and misguided in their management of the Palestinian territories, but also affirm that there will not be a Palestinian state.
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A member of Israel’s parliament vandalized a memorial to dead Palestinians in the West Bank this week, generating intense backlash from all sides.Lawmaker Zvi Sukkot, a member of the Religious Zionist Party, was taking a military-guided tour in Kafr Madama on Tuesday when he began recording, pulled out a sledgehammer, and repeatedly struck the memorial. He called the violent demonstration just a “small taste” of a larger campaign to destroy all similar memorials in the territory.
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