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Right-wing activist reportedly attempts to stab head of left-wing NGO
An extreme-right activist attempted to stab the head of Rabbis for Human Rights, according to a press release by the Israeli human rights organization
Rabbi Arik Ascherman was not hurt in the incident near the West Bank settlement of Itamar, according to a spokesman for the group.
Security forces are on the scene.
According to the statement, the right-wing activist ran toward Ascherman waving a knife and making threatening gestures.
Police say Ascherman was part of a group of left-wing activists that accompanied Palestinian villagers to their fields to harvest olives.
According to police, the harvest ended peacefully but the activists then started to “provoke” right-wingers who were nearby and a “confrontation ensued.”
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