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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Likud MK Vaturi apologizes for comparing protesters to Hamas: ‘Not at all fitting’
Likud MK Nissim Vaturi apologizes for comments he made earlier today comparing anti-government protesters to Hamas.
Speaking at a Knesset committee meeting, Vaturi says that when he heard his own comments on the radio “I was horrified… I meant something else entirely and that’s what came out. I’m sorry for that. I don’t think it’s fitting at all to compare anyone to Hamas or its activities.”
Asked on the Kol Berama radio station earlier today about his thoughts on the raucous anti-government protests in Jerusalem last night, Vaturi said that “there are a few branches of Hamas — the fighting branch of wicked terrorists who murder children, and the branch of the protests.”
He then tweeted falsely claiming that his words were “taken out of context.”
The Times of Israel Community.