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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Thursday, June 8, 2023
Arab party leader: Blood spilled in Galilee shooting is on Netanyahu’s, Ben Gvir’s hands
Hadash leader Ayman Odeh arrives for the swearing of the new Knesset on November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Ayman Odeh, the leader of the predominantly Arab Hadash-Ta’al opposition party, launches an attack on the government, saying the blood spilled today in the “shocking massacre” in Yafa an-Naseriyye is on the hands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
In a statement, Odeh says Arab community leaders “have for years been calling for getting the weapons off the streets and for cracking down on crime organizations.”
He urges the government to “immediately fire” Ben Gvir.
“We won’t accept this negligence. We will cause the whole country to strike until this stops,” he adds.
