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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Ya’alon opposes comparing Israeli, Palestinian bereavement
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDefense Minister Moshe Ya’alon rejects any comparisons between the bereaved Israeli families of terror victims, and those of Palestinian terrorists.
“Any comparison between our bereaved and their bereaved has no place,” he says. “We are a society that sanctifies life and unfortunately, by them [the Palestinians], many sanctify death.”
Addressing the families of terror victims at a Yad L’Banim event, Ya’alon says “one must not compare the bereaved.”
The defense minister is echoing comments by Police Commissioner Roni Alscheich earlier Tuesday. Earlier this month, radio presenter Razi Barkai sparked outrage when he compared the grief of families of attackers and victims during an interview with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan.
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