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Palestinian rioter ‘loves’ Israeli minister

Protester spotted wearing shirt emblazoned with the words 'We love you Miri Regev'

By Raoul Wootliff
  • Raoul Wootliff is a former Times of Israel political correspondent and Daily Briefing podcast producer.
 6 October 2015, 7:40 pm
A Palestinian youth wearing a campaign t-shirt for Culture minister and Likud MK Miri Regev during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 4, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo / Abbas Momani)

Ongoing demonstrations in East Jerusalem and the West Bank have produced a slew of photographs showing masked Palestinian protesters in clashes with IDF troops.

But one particular photo has caught the attention of Facebook and Twitter users, drawing surprise and smiles across social media.

The image, snapped by an AFP photographer, shows a Palestinian youth wearing a campaign t-shirt for Culture Minister Miri Regev as he prepares for clashes with Israeli soldiers outside Ramallah.

The shirt said, “We love you Miri Regev” under the number 134 — Regev’s number on the balloting slip for the Likud party primary ahead of the Knesset elections in March.

A Palestinian youth wearing a campaign t-shirt for Culture minister and Likud MK Miri Regev during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 4, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo / Abbas Momani)

The protester, who is wearing a kafieh headscarf tied around his face, is presumably unaware his garb comes from the campaign for the colorful right-wing politician.

Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev seen at the opening of the Jerusalem Film Festival held at Sultan’s Pool, outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on July 9, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

In another image, the same man could be seen wheeling a flaming tire.

The photo was picked up by Israeli social media users who responded with both bemusement and ridicule.

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