MK Tibi says man who poured tea on him got off easy

9 February 2016, 3:28 pm

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Knesset member Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List says a man who poured tea on him got off easy when he received a four-month sentence today.

In a statement, he says the attack against him is symptomatic of “ongoing incitement, especially in the political arena, and the delegitimization of elected officials over the sole fact that they think and act differently from the mainstream.”

He says the man who attacked him is of no interest to him and his fellows, but “those who incited [his actions] and painted targets on the backs of Arab Knesset members” are. He says this “chorus of inciters” is led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.