Police, protesters clash in Knesset after Arab MK accuses Israel of Gaza 'massacre'

• Published date: 20 March 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

He began by quoting a statement made on Wednesday by former Health Minister and Israeli ambassador to France, Yael German, on the hunger in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war

He then said, "I appeal to you to be a real opposition against this government and its crimes in Gaza," he told the Knesset plenum.

"What the army is a crime, it's killing, it's murder, it's a massacre," he shouted. His remarks were met with severe protests from other MKs, and he was removed from the Knesset plenum.

In response, Odeh's party Hadash wrote on X, Odeh "was taken off the Knesset podium by a Likud MK. Odeh was removed for demanding the rest of Israel's 'opposition' to do its job and criticize the massacre and starvation Israel is inflicting on Gaza. The Knesset is de facto preventing anti-war speech."

Protesters try to tie themselves to Knesset fences

Furthermore, on Wednesday, protestors against the government arrived at an...