Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu singles out Joint List leader Ayman Odeh’s support for the protests against him, in an attempt to discredit the demonstration movement.
“This is Ayman Odeh, the head of the Joint List that supports terrorists and who attended a Hamas conference last month, at the left-wing protest in Jerusalem yesterday,” tweets Netanyahu, referring to Odeh’s participation in a conference aimed at reconciling warring Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas. “The media is supporting the left-wing protests which are breaking records each day for violence and incitement to the murder of the prime minister.”
Netanyahu shares a photo of the leader of the predominantly Arab list at a demonstration in Jerusalem, outside his residence.
Odeh hits back: “There are a million unemployed Israelis and a total failure in preventing the spread of the virus. As usual, the only thing Netanyahu has to offer is hatred of the Arabs. It doesn’t work anymore. The public doesn’t buy it.”
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