Hadash-Ta’al MK Aida Touma-Sliman seems to praise five Palestinian gunmen — including a top member of a terror group — who were killed in clashes with Israeli troops who were carrying out a raid on an explosives workshop in Nablus overnight.
“Nablus separates from our martyrs today. Our Palestinian nation bids farewell to its martyrs,” she writes in a Facebook post that includes a photo from the funeral today in the northern West Bank city.
“The more the occupation increases its crimes, the resistance escalates. An important lesson in the history of nations,” Touma-Sliman adds.
Her remarks are denounced by Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
“I’m ashamed of public representatives who support terrorists and are prepared to let them continue to spill the blood of Israeli citizens,” Gantz tweets.
“MK MK Aida Touma-Sliman proves again that [Hadash-Ta’al] can’t be included in a government or relied on to form one,” he adds. “Israel’s security comes before the formation of a coalition.”
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