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Sunday, June 15, 2025
National Unity party condemns Jews seen in video cheering as Iranian missile hits Arab city
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The National Unity party comes out against a video circulating on social media that shows a Jewish family cheering as Iranian ballistic missiles fall in the Arab Israeli city of Tamra.
“Tonight we witnessed a video circulating online in which Israelis can be heard cheering at the sight of missiles falling on an Arab community in the north. We say clearly and unequivocally: This is not our way,” the party says in a statement.
“Throughout the long months of war, Arab society expressed solidarity and demonstrated full partnership in the war effort at the front and in the home front. This morning, we all send condolences to the families of the murdered and pray for the safety and security of all citizens of Israel,” the party says.
One missile impacted in Tamra, an Arab city east of Haifa, killing four people.
“On the village, on the village!” a man can be heard shouting in the clip.
He and others then break into singing the anti-Arab phrase “May your village burn,” clapping their hands as missiles rain down on the neighboring city.
The Times of Israel Community.