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Outrage after Netanyahu supporters hurl insults at family of fallen IDF soldier

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Published: 20 November 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

PM supporters say 'losing a son doesn't give you the right' to host anti-Netanyahu protesters; Likud party, President Rivlin, major political figures condemn the statements

Outrage after Netanyahu supporters hurl insults at family of fallen IDF soldier (Times of Israel)
‘The fact you lost a son doesn’t give you the right,’ shouts protester outside home of family of pilot killed in 2006, who are neighbours to PM and hosted demonstrators against him

Netanyahu supporters attack bereaved family, causing uproar (Haaretz)
Netanyahu supporters say of Farkash family, whose son was killed in the Second Lebanon War: 'losing a son doesn't give you the right' to host anti-Netanyahu protesters; Likud party, President Rivlin, major political figures condemn the statements

Yair Netanyahu compares Israeli kibbutz movement to Nazi Germany (Jerusalem Post)
“Kibbutzim are something that doesn’t exist outside of North Korea,” Yair Netanyahu said during a recent radio interview.

Photo: Activists against Netanyahu on the roof of the Farkash family's house, October (Rami Shllush)
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