Israeli Official Incitement: November 2021

I. Against the Palestinian People 

Eli Cohen – Member of Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 22 November)

“On Wednesday, in two weeks, the Knesset will discuss my bill proposal on the expulsion of the families of terrorists1 who express their support for a murder committed by one of their family members! (…)”

Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset for the Yemina party (Facebook, 21 November)

“As long as we continue to show weakness with the issue of the Temple Mount2, we will continue to receive blow3. Full Israeli sovereignty over the mountain is a strategic and moral goal, and without it, we will not see calm.

Additionally, the police statement that the mountain is closed to Jews shows weakness. We face a murderous jealous and determined enemy4, who cannot be dealt with using metal detectors, cement, retreat, or revoking the rights of Jews in the holy of holies for our people. 

Only a hand of iron and stubborn faith in our right over the entire land in general, specifically over Zion5, will give us long term security(...).”

 

Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset for the Yemina party (Facebook, 24 November)

“There is not a single Jewish-Israeli child that did not learn the song "I was born for peace let it arrive” in kindergarten, while children in the PA are brainwashed by anti-Semitic teachings that generate 13 and 15 year old terrorists6(…).”

II. And against the Indigenous Palestinian citizens of Israel

Shlomo Karhi – Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 01 November)

“The Likud will soon head the state control committee7. We will track every Shekel that Abbas8 and the United Arab List receive so that it does not reach Gaza or Hamas9.

Our struggle must be expanded. We must grant released soldiers free land and tax benefits in mixed cities10 for veterans of the army and civil or national services11 to strengthen the Judaization of the Negev and the Galilee12.”

Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset for Yemina party (Facebook, 02 November)

“Get out of this Knesset, you enemy, you13 and your friends14 are damned terrorists’ huggers, evil terrorists’ supporters15.  Your ungratefulness has not been seen in history16.”

Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset for Yemina party (Facebook, 01 November)  

“Ayman Odeh17 is responsible for violently attacking a member of Israel's Knesset18. Samy Abu Shahadeh19 boasts that the "heroes of al-Lydd"20 broke the noses of the Jewish population. The two openly support terrorism against Israel and do not recognize it as a Jewish state.

The decision of the prosecution and the Supreme Court to ignore the violence and incitement by members of the Joint List, the supporters of terrorism, turned the Knesset into a circus.”

Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of Knesset for the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 04 November)

“Terrorist!! Terrorist!! Terrorist!! Terrorist!! I have screamed and warned that he21 is a danger to state security. Today, Odeh22 violated privacy by photographing documents he was not allowed to do23. Tomorrow he will photograph secret documents. I call the police and the security services to open an immediate investigation against him (…).”

Benjamin Netanyahu - Head of the opposition and Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 10 November)

“The Likud –

The Arab media is celebrating: The Bennett-Abbas24 government is promoting the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. This government is dangerous to Israel, and that is why we will continue to work to bring it down as soon as possible25."

Miri Regev – Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 09 November)

“The first Israeli-Palestinian government in Israel.

To see the image of Mansour Abbas sitting with the King of Jordan, discussing the process with the Palestinians, is very worrying.

How does a supporter26 of the Islamic movement and Hamas become someone who meets Arab leaders and discusses the Palestinian issue with Bennett's blessing?

The citizens of Israel have to wake up.

We cannot leave the security of the state of Israel in the hands of Mansour Abbas, the Islamic Movement and Hamas.”

Eli Cohen – Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 10 November)

“Crazy! Delusional! Dangerous! You choose how to describe the Bennett-Lapid27 government that sends Abbas28 to Jordan to discuss the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Abbas, who is of the Muslim Brotherhood, who is opposed to the existence of a democratic Jewish state, is conducting a political negotiation in our name?”

Ofir Akunis – Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 10 November)  

“An immediate and obvious danger:

The Palestinian terror state is at our doorsteps!! (…)

When the "government" was formed, I told you that it has an overwhelming majority supporting the "two states" outline and a new terror state29 in the heart of our lands (...).”

David Amsalem – Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 09 November)  

“10 degrees to the right, 100 degrees to the left30...

The Islamic movement31 controls the government, and their "civic" subjects turned into taking control over the Negev, financially supporting Hamas and now promoting the establishment of a Palestinian state32 (…).”

Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 11 November)

“Today, 17 years ago, the master of killers, Yasser Arafat died, may his name be erased.  The terrorist Arafat, whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds and thousands of Jews killed simply for being Jewish. Tibi33, who was his advisor, has a seat in the Israeli Knesset. What a shame.”

Itamar Ben Gvir – Member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionism party (Twitter, 26 November)

“(...) The Muslim Brotherhood in the government34 wants to legalize the illegal construction in the Negev35 by supplying electricity. Where did you hear of a thief taking over the land and demanding electricity36? A state of madness.”  

III. Against President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Leadership

Amichai Chikli – Member of the Knesset for Yemina party (Facebook, 17 November)

“(...)The PA is at the forefront of the anti-Semitic attack on the mere existence of the state of Israel along with several BDS organizations who receive massive European funding(...).”

Regavim Organization37 (Twitter, 01 November)

“Apparently, the PA38 has not learned the difference between civilian and terrorist activity.

Killing Jews and paying wages to murderous terrorists39 = terrorist activity.

Judicial and parliamentary work to uncover terrorist organizations40 and their involvement in land control41= civilian activity42.

We're proud to be called "terrorist organization" by the Palestinian Authority.”

IV. Additional Examples 

Nir Barkat – Member of Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 25 November)

“UNRWA, mistakenly called "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees", is an engine of hatred towards the state of Israel and harm against Jews. I proposed a bill to stop all its activities in the State of Israel.”

Ofir Akunis – Member of the Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 19 November)

“Truth always triumphs over lies!

That is always true, and it is super true for our people over the generations.

This week, I launched the Lobby to Combat Anti-Semitism and the BDS43 with my friends Gadi Yevarkan44 and Amichai Chikli45.

Inciting organizations that call for imposing a boycott on Israel represent modern anti-Semitism. No words can change that fact. Hatred of Israel is anti-Semitic, and no artificial debate on the “borders of 67” can change that(...).”

Nir Barkat – Member of Knesset for the Likud party (Facebook, 04 November)

“To the members of the Joint List, I have news for you: There is no occupation because we cannot occupy land that belongs to us. Contrary to your wishes, Jerusalem will never be divided because the State of Israel belongs to the Jewish people.”

• 1. MK Eli Cohen presented a bill to the Knesset to expel families of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs and demolish their homes. The bill failed to pass in the Knesset on December 8th with 57 MKs voting against it compared to 45 voting in favor
• 2. In reference to Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
• 3. In reference to Palestinian resistance in occupied Jerusalem
• 4. In reference to the Palestinian people
• 5. "Zion” is used as a synonym for Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible
• 6. In reference to the Palestinian people
• 7. This committee was established in the course of the eighth Knesset. See Israeli Knesset website: https://knesset.gov.il/committees/eng/committee_eng.asp?c_id=10
• 8. In reference to MK Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List party
• 9. On 29 October, Israel’s Channel 13 reported that the United Arab List has ties with Hamas organization which caused a big fuss among the opposition parties such as Likud party, Religious Zionism and etc
• 10. Cities within Israel where both Palestinian Arabs and Jewish residents reside
• 11. An alternative voluntary national service in Israel for those who object to (for religious or other reasons) or are ineligible for serving in the Israeli military
• 12. Karhi calls for giving benefits for those who served in the army and not to those who are disloyal to the state including the Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jewish Israelis who refuse to serve in the Israeli military
• 13. In reference to MK Osama Saadi of the Joint List party
• 14. In reference to the rest of the MKs of the Joint List party
• 15. In reference to Joint List members’ support to Palestinian rights
• 16. In reference to MK Osama Saadi speech in the Knesset in the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
• 17. MK and head of the Joint List party
• 18. In reference to MK Itamar Ben Gvir of the Religious Zionism. The clash between MK Ayman Odeh and MK Ben Gvir occurred outside Kaplan Medical Center when MK Ben Gvir came to the hospital to protest against treating the Palestinian prisoner Miqdad al-Qawasmi, who was on hunger strike for over 100 days in protest of his administrative detention, in an Israeli hospital
• 19. MK of the Joint List party
• 20. In reference to the Palestinian residents of al-lydd city, inside Israel, who held demonstrations against Israel’s aggression against Palestinians back in May 2021
• 21. In reference to MK Ayman Odeh of the Joint List party
• 22. In reference to MK Ayman Odeh of the Joint List party
• 23. MK Ayman Odeh took a picture of the book that alternate PM Yair Lapid was reading during the vote for the government budget
• 24. In reference to PM Naftali Bennett and MK Mansour Abbas of United Arab List party
• 25. In reference to the meeting between MK Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List and King Abdullah II of Jordan
• 26. In reference to MK Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List party
• 27. In reference to PM Naftali Bennett and alternate PM Yair Lapid
• 28. In reference to MK Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List, see footnote 19
• 29. In reference to the State of Palestine. Also see footnote 19
• 30. The slogan of the new government is that it will be 10 degrees (more) to the right than Natanyahu’s previous coalition. Amsalem says that contrary to the slogan of the new government, it is 100 degrees to the left
• 31. In reference to the United Arab List party
• 32. MK David Amsalem means that the United Arab List joined the coalition focusing on civil demands, but soon their demands turned to taking control over the Negev (supporting the rights of the Bedouins community regarding the legalization of their villages), financing Hamas, and accepting the State of Palestine. Amsalem claims that all their work focuses on the national rights of the Palestinian people rather than civil demands. Amsalem post comes in the context of the meeting held between MK Mansour Abbas of the United Arab List and King Abdullah II of Jordan
• 33. In reference to MK Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List
• 34. In reference to the United Arab List
• 35. In reference to the construction in the Palestinian Bedouin villages in the Negev which Israel considers as illegal
• 36. MK Itamar Ben Gvir claims that the Palestinian Bedouin villages in the Negev are stealing lands from the state
• 37. A right-wing settler organization operating in the occupied West Bank
• 38. In reference to the Palestinian National Authority
• 39. In reference to allowances paid by the Palestinian National Authority to the families of prisoners and martyrs
• 40. On 22 October, Israel’s so called Defense Minister Benny Gantz declared six Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations”: Addameer, Al-Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defense for Children Palestine, Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees
• 41. In reference to Palestinian constructions in Area “C” in the occupied West Bank, an integral part of occupied Palestine, claiming that this area belongs to the State of Israel
• 42. In reference to the activity of Regavim settler organization
• 43. In reference to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement
• 44. MK Desta Gadi Yevarkan of the Likud party
• 45. MK of Yemina party