Israeli Official Incitement: April 2022
Israeli Official Incitement: April 2022
Against the Palestinian People
Nir Barkat – Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Facebook, 08 April 2022)
“This is the order of the hour! I call upon the government to support my bill proposal that would allow any released fighter[1] who holds a fighter's ID to get a license to carry a weapon and neutralize any terrorist[2]. As terrorism strikes the streets of Israel – We must allow the citizens to protect themselves against it, and allow the quick elimination of any terrorist who will try and kill Jews.”
Ofir Akunis - Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Facebook, 04 April 2022)
“Terrorists[3] must die!! (…) We support our forces everywhere and in Damascus Gate as they face savages[4] who are rioting there. I am telling the police and border police, who are standing at the frontlines: Strike them, we support you. The Minister of Interior[5] must withdraw citizenships, it's under her authority! And this is the law (…)”
Lach Jerusalem Settlers’ Organization[6] (Facebook, 29 April 2022)[7]
“Maor Tzemach, Chairman of “Lach Jerusalem” and Matan Peleg, Chairman of “Im Tirtzu”[8] , in response to The Jewish Voice[9]: “Every second the inciting Sheikh Ekrima Sabri[10] is freely wandering, is another second used for the national incitement against Israel. Not only he is not arrested, but he is doing a lecturing tour in schools! As if he is some hero and not a pathetic Sheikh who supported terrorist attacks. Those continuing the path of Hitler must be put in jail until their last day. The state of Israel must start protecting itself. We call upon the Ministry of Education and Jerusalem municipality to keep all terrorism supporters away from the education system in Israel.”
Im Tirtzu movement (Twitter, 30 April 2022)[11]
“Not settlements and not Nakba, this is nonsense[12]. Their[13] problem is with Jewish presence in the land of Israel. Crushing the biggest lie in history (…)”
Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset of the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 18 April 2022)
“(…) The PM of Jordan congratulated the terrorists[14] who rioted in the Temple Mount[15] today, he encouraged them and said "I salute Palestinians who throw rocks". The king of Jordan blamed Israel for provocations, and Jordan called the deputy minister for a reprimand. Tell me, are we a sovereign state, or a bunch of rags? How is the Jordanian ambassador not kicked out on a rocket tonight?”
Betzalel Smotrich – Member of the Knesset of the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 20 April 2022) [16]
“(…) Jews marching with flags of Israel in Jerusalem, anywhere, anytime, and most definitely as a response to the terrorism and violence of our enemies[17], and in the face of a weak government that submits to it, this is not a provocation. This is national respect and pride, standing tall nationally, and a clear and sharp message to our enemies[18].”
Im Tirtzu movement (Twitter, 29 April 2022)
“Great work to the border police fighter, who removed the terrorism flag[19] from the Temple Mount yesterday. This is what needs to be done to all terrorism flags that are waved on the Temple Mount.”
Regavim[20] (Twitter, 11 April 2022)
“Gantz and Bennett are trying to present to the High Court of Justice a new a spin in the case of Khan al-Ahmar[21] – to “copy” it 150 meters away[22], instead of evacuating it for the plots the state regulated for them a long time ago in millions. This is not law enforcement, but a move on the expense of the taxpayer, and a step that will lead to a sequenced Palestinian control on the road to Jerusalem.”
And Against the Indigenous Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Shlomo Karhi – Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Twitter, 10 April 2022)
“Bennett doesn't trust Yemina members anymore, and is selling us to the most dangerous[23].
The agreements with the Joint List are a preliminary annex to Oslo III, which is already here with all its power and deadliness[24]. It is not just Gantz who is continuing with the reliefs that are killing us, and ignoring terrorism threats. This is the end of this government. We must bring it down now (…)”
Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset of the Yemina party (Facebook, 05 April 2022)
“To avoid any confusion, our real challenge is the extremist Palestinian nationalists[25] – who are sitting in the Knesset but are denying the right of our people to its own state, and are clearly supporting terrorism[26] and an armed struggle against it."
Avi Dicter – Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Facebook, 11 April 2022)[27]
“The call of Ayman Odeh[28] to IDF soldiers and those serving in the security forces, who are Arabic speakers, to lay down their weapons and terminate their service, must bring the annulment of his immunity and his prosecution! That inciter and instigator must be prosecuted and sent to jail! (…)”
Shlomo Karhi - Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Twitter, 11 April 2022)
“We have always known that Ayman Odeh is a terrorist who hugs terrorists[29], but this time he crossed all lines. His place is in jail, not the Knesset"[30]
Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset of the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 16 April 2022)
“After terrorist, Ahmad Tibi[31], arrived to the Temple Mount[32] and confronted the security forces, he "visited" the terrorists[33] who attacked our soldiers on Temple Mount. If he is not a terrorist supporter and a terrorist, who is he?
Miri Regev – Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Facebook, 19 April 2022)
“The government's softness against the violence in the Temple Mount, proves again that a government reliant on the Islamic Movement[34] cannot maintain the security of the citizens of the State of Israel and the holy places for the Jewish people (…)”
Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset of the Religious Zionism (Twitter, 21 April 2022)
They[35] "accepted" dead[36], terrorism attacks, settlers' eviction[37], closing Temple Mount to Jews. Bennett's government of "acceptance", headed by the Muslim Brotherhood[38], is leading us to our doom. Go!”
Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset of Religious Zionism (Twitter, 28 April 2022) [39]
“Bennett won’t banish inciters and terrorism supporters, Ayman Odeh and Samy Abu Shahadeh[40], from the Temple Mount, the government’s General Attorney won’t allow it, the director of the Shin Bet[41] won’t recommend to prevent them from entering. Shame!”
Betzalel Smotrich – Member of the Knesset of the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 29 April 2022) [42]
“The north’s occupation by Arabs[43], sponsored by non-Zionist policies in different authorities is one of the most crucial topics today for the Zionist project, and it must be altered from the base. (…)”
Against President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Leadership
Avi Dichter – Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Facebook, 08 April 2022)
“(…) how is our PM planning to deal with President Abbas on the subject of neglecting the fight against terrorism? How can our Ministers of Security and Finance give half a billion Shekel deposit to the PA so it can continue to pay salaries to terrorists[44], and no one in the coalition is speaking out? How can we fight terrorrism like that? (…)”
Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset of the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 10 April 2022)
“(…) when will we understand that the head of the snake is the "Palestinian" Authority, that encourages all these actions, and in order to fight terrorism we must first fight the Authority.”
Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset of Yemina party (Facebook, 14 April 2022)
“This is no less than crazy; the president of the Palestinian Authority is begging (according to a Palestinian news website[45]) Mansour Abbas[46], Ahmad Tibi, and Ayman Odeh, and is asking them to "protect Bennett's government and to prevent the return of Netanyahu". Abu Mazen is no fool, he knows that the State of Israel currently has a weak Security Minister, Mr. Benny Gantz, who is hosting him in the living room of his house[47], and allows Palestinians to build on state lands in Area C as they like, and to dictate facts in the field. He knows that Gantz will not implement the law of subtracting terrorism funds[48], and furthermore, he and other senior partners in the government of change[49], such as Minister Barlev[50], will help him advance the anti-Semitic campaign[51] of "Settlers' Violence"(…)”
Tom Nisani – director of the organization “In Our Hands- for the Temple Mount”[52] (Twitter, 28 April 2022)
“The PLO flag has been hanging on the Dome of the Rock in the Temple Mount without any response from the police. Including now, during our national days[53].
This is the sight that welcomes Israelis and tourists when they descend from the Jewish quarter to the Temple Mount and Western Wall. This is simply crazy and shameful.”
Additional Examples
Shlomo Karhi - Member of the Knesset of the Likud party (Twitter, 11 April 2022)
“When we return to power, God willing, I will work on applying Israeli Law on the settlements in Judea and Samaria[54], first and foremost on the settlements of Shilo-Amihai-Eli bloc. This is the area I will visit today, in which approximately 2000 families live, who are connecting the center of the country to the Jordan valley with their bodies. Israel cannot abandon these settlers – pioneers who are protecting the lines of the homeland with their bodies.”
[1] In reference to Israelis who finished their military service
[2] In reference to the Palestinian people
[3] In reference to the Palestinian residents of occupied Jerusalem who demonstrated against the Israeli illegal measures against Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and the worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan
[4] Ibid
[5] In reference to Ayelet Shaked
[6] An Israeli settlers’ organization promoting the Judaization of occupied Jerusalem
[7] In response to an article on the Jewish Voice website stated that a school in occupied Jerusalem for Palestinian students, which follows the Israeli educational system, honored former Mufti of Jerusalem Sheikh Ekrima Sabri after he gave a lecture during Ramadan.
[8] An Israeli right-wing Zionist organization
[9] A Jewish right-wing news website
[10] Ekrima Sabri was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine from October 1994 to July 2006
[11] Im Tirtzu commenting on its own post “They attacked – the Arabs are the ones who refused the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine and started the war to destroy us.”
[12] The Im Tirtzu movement launched a campaign few years ago claiming that the Nakba never happened and that the Palestinians are lying about it
[13] In reference to the Palestinian people
[14] In reference to the Palestinian worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound who were attacked by Israeli occupation forces during the holy month of Ramadan
[15] In reference to Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
[16] The tweet comes in response to the decision of the Israeli Minister of Public Security to prevent the illegal settlers from marching to Damascus Gate
[17] In reference to the Palestinian people
[18] Ibid
[19] In reference to the Palestinian flag
[20] A right-wing settler organization
[21] Khan al-Ahmar is a Palestinian Bedouin village in Jerusalem governorate that is facing the threat of forcible transfer
[22] Regavim calls for the immediate demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar and criticizes Gantz and Bennett’s solution to resettle it 150 meters away
[23] In reference to MKs of the Joint List party
[24] MK Karhi claims that the coalition specifically MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid party) is planning to reach an agreement with the Joint List party so the latter would support the coalition and prevent it from collapsing. Karhi implies that such alleged agreement will pave the way to an agreement he called “Oslo III”
[25] In reference to MKs of the Joint List party
[26] In reference to the Palestinian people
[27] In context of MK Ayman Odeh’s post calling on the Palestinian citizens of Israel to protest the Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and Muslims worshippers
[28] MK of the joint List party
[29] In reference to the Palestinian people.
[30] See note 32
[31] MK of the Joint List party
[32] In reference to Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
[33] In reference to Palestinians who were injured as a result of Israeli occupation forces’ incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound during the holy month of Ramadan
[34] In reference to the United Arab List party
[35] In reference to the current Israeli government
[36] In reference to a statement by the Minister of Interior Affairs Ayelet Shaked regarding the deaths caused by COVID19 pandemic “We must accept that in pandemics, people get sick and die”. See Jpost: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/shaked-accept-the-fact-that-in-epide...
[37] In reference to the evacuation of the illegal Israeli settlement of “Homesh”
[38] In reference to the United Arab List party
[39] In response to the statement of the director of the ‘Shin Bit’ that Itamar Ben Gvir must be forbidden from arriving to Damascus Gate because he will likely cause a serious national security damage
[40] MKs of the Joint List party
[41] Israel’s Internal Security Service
[42] In response to Ariel Kahana, an Israeli journalist, who wrote an article in which he claimed that in the near future, Jewish citizens of the Galilee will become a minority of 10% of the population if the state's policies do not preserve their Jewishness.
[43] In reference to the Palestinian citizens of Israel
[44] In reference to social allowances paid by the Palestinian National Authority to the Palestinian prisoners, martyrs and their families. Israel passed a law in July 2018 to deduct their social allowances from tax revenues that Israel collects on behalf of the PNA
[45] In reference to Al-Jarmaq news website, a Palestinian news outlet.
[46] MK and head of the United Arab List party
[47] In reference to the meeting between the Minister of Defense Binyamin Gantz and the Palestinian President at the former’s house on 28 December 2021
[48] See footnote 49
[49] In reference to the current government headed by Naftali Bennett. The coalition called itself government of change in comparison to the previous government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
[50] Omer Barlev, the Minister of Public Security and Minister for Community Strengthening and Advancement, came under a strong attack from the right wing parties when US under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, who was on a visit to the Middle East, told Barlev that the State Department is monitoring settlers’ violence. Barlev then replied that Israel views such violence seriously and was acting to end this phenomenon.
[51] In reference to the event on Settlers Violence against Palestinians held at the Knesset on 21 November 2021, initiated by the MKs from the coalition: Mossi Raz of Meretz, Ibtisam Mara’ana of Israeli Labor party, and MK Osama Saadi of the Joint List party. The event caused strong objection among the right wing factions in the Knesset calling it an anti-semitic event
[52] A Zionist organization that works to strengthen the Israeli sovereignty in Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and supports more settlers’ incursions into the Compound towards changing the status-quo.
[53] In reference to the Passover week
[54] In reference to the occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine