Odeh blasts Netanyahu as a 'dangerous psychopath' who targets Arabs and left-wing Jews

Israel's top Arab lawmaker on Saturday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "psychopath" and accused him of stirring trouble for those who oppose him.

"Netanyahu's hatred and violence spread like wildfire. Arabs, left-wing Jews, journalists, the judicial system and even members of his own party" were being ideologically attacked, Joint List head Ayman Odeh wrote on Twitter.

"The outgoing prime minister is a dangerous psychopath who knows no boundaries. A criminal with his back to the wall. Does anyone doubt that he will deny a political motive for the next murder?" Odeh wrote.

The rebuke came hours after Joint List lawmaker Ahmad Tibi was accosted on Saturday by several dozen right-wing activists at a Shabbat cultural and political event in the central town of Ramat Hasharon. Protesters held placards accusing Tibi of being a "terrorist" and "murderer," Channel 12 news reported. One sign declared "You're not wanted here!" while another said "Terrorist supporters — not in our city."

When Tibi arrived, police were forced to stand between him and the activists, who shouted derogatory remarks at him. Police detained two protesters suspected of attempting to physically attack Tibi as he entered the premises.

Netanyahu and his supporters have, without offering proof, portrayed Tibi and other Arab lawmakers in recent weeks as supporters of terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

As the political deadlock paralyzing much of the country for over a year has continued, Netanyahu has used language deemed by critics as racist to lash out at Arab lawmakers, whom he has accused of thwarting his chances of reaching a coalition agreement with rival party Blue and White. He warned of the possibility of Blue and White chief Benny Gantz forming a minority government backed by the Arab-majority Joint List from the outside.

Earlier this month, the prime minister held a rally where he likened a minority government backed by the Joint List to a "terror attack." He accused members of the Joint List of seeking to "destroy the country," and claimed, without proof, that the "dangerous" Arab MKs supported the Gaza terror organizations that Israel fought against in recent weeks.

While some Joint List MKs spoke out against the targeted killing of the Islamic Jihad terror group's senior commander Baha Abu al-Ata earlier this month as well as the Israel Defense Force's airstrikes in Gaza, none of them expressed support for Islamic Jihad or its targeting of Israeli civilians.

Tibi has been a vociferous critic of Israel's treatment of Palestinians over the years, and in 2012 accused Israeli soldiers of being "child-murderers."

Netanyahu's remarks about the Joint List drew criticism from his political opponents as well as President Reuven Rivlin, who in an extraordinary rebuke of the prime minister, condemned his "ugly remarks" against an Israeli minority.

At Saturday's event, Tibi said the prime minister's "incitement" had consequences.

"If a government had been formed with outside support by the Joint List... one of the Arab MKs would have been murdered," Tibi told the audience. Referencing long-standing accusations that Netanyahu supported incitement in the days before the 1995 assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Tibi said: "It's worked out once for Netanyahu. We're easier targets than a serving prime minister."

Also on Saturday, former Mossad head Shabtai Shavit took a swipe at Netanyahu for incitement, writing on Twitter: "When reading the weekend newspapers, and as someone who experienced the process that resulted in the murder of a prime minister, we cannot help but reflect on the possibility that Yigal Amir part two is in our midst." Amir is the convicted killer of Yitzhak Rabin. Shavit has in the past denigrated Netanyahu and his supporters.

After a tense rally in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Netanyahu on Wednesday sought to tamp down on inflammatory rhetoric, urging his supporters to respect the law and court system.

"It's important to act responsibly, within the law, without over-zealousness and without violence. We respect the law and we respect the courts. I'm sure that justice and truth will come to light," Netanyahu said, as he attacked the media and called into question the criminal investigations against him.

At the Tuesday rally, Netanyahu backers supported his claims of a "coup" against him and called for the arrest of Israel's top prosecutors.

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced charges against Netanyahu in three corruption cases on November 21. An hour later, the prime minister held a press conference in which he accused prosecutors of seeking to oust him from power using false corruption charges in an "attempted coup."

Netanyahu claimed that the investigations were tainted by various improprieties, and accused law enforcement authorities of "selective enforcement" against him. He demanded to "investigate the investigators."

Israel's Arab citizens are descendants of Palestinians who remained in the state after its creation in 1948. Despite having citizenship, Israel's 1.8 million or so Arabs report discrimination in areas such as housing, public services and employment.

Reader Comments

Ruth · 2019-12-03T00:37:32Z

Israel has quite a problem with psychopaths. It must be annoying for the Israelis who aren't.

Gene · 2019-12-03T01:42:14Z

Netanyahu is not just a "dangerous psychopath", he is a violent war criminal who is unfortunately free to commit more war crimes and still supported by Trump and Putin.

Ruth · 2019-12-03T02:11:42Z

Gene How do you know he's not 'playing' both of them (Trump and Putin)? It's easy to fool people when you think about it. A good psychopath is quite a good liar. It's one of their greatest talents.

BEVAN BEVAN · 2019-12-03T02:05:31Z

Let us refresh our memories, a little. In the late 1930's, all the major Jewish organisations combined to declare war on Germany and Adolph Hitler; Herr Hitler responded with a warning of his own; He warned the Jews, this declaration of War, would neccessarily cause action to be taken against the Jews in Germany. His solution, clearly documented, was to order the removal of all Jews to the East, meaning Russia. This, at least, was appropriate; how could they be allowed to stay in Germany? They had officially declared War on Germany, they were a potential/probable security terrorist threat. Yes, Hitler made no secret of his intentions to remove the Jews anyway, but declaring war against him, did their cause no good at all.

The evidence shows the mass evacuations, round ups and mass transports, the labour camps,all the inhumane conditions and treatments. However, there is a great paucity of evidence supporting any actual mass murder by gas, or any other means. There is evidence of death caused by mal nourishment, hunger, and lack of medical care; including large numbers who died when these over crowded camps suffered severe outbreaks of pestilence. The Zyclon gas, and other chemicals, were used only to disinfect everyone and everything. The mass gassing of Jews to kill them, is total invention, there is no actual first hand physical proof that it happened.

The crematoriums were only used to cremate those who had died from the causes mentioned earlier. There is a vast number of Jewish organisations, whose sole purpose is to support, promote, and sustain the holocaust invention, and they are very good at it. Their most prominent weapon is to accuse critics, and disbelievers, of anti semitism; they have caused some Governments to pass laws, making it a crime to criticise Jewish actions. For example, it is a crime to be anti Jewish by exposing and drawing attention to the murderous policies and actions, being perpetrated against the Palestinian Peoples, whilst those same Peoples are being robbed and dispossessed of their rightful ancient Homelands, and whilst those same Palestinian Peoples, at least those few millions still holding on, are forced to survive on the meagre inadequate supplies the Jewish occupiers permit; water and electricity are severely curtailed, they cannot "export" anything, and cannot create employment for those able to work.

When the unarmed Palestinians dare to demonstrate against their incarceration and inhumane treatments, and their less than subsistence way of life, the Jewish occupiers simply, and randomly, shoot them, using snipers and live rounds, positioned in places affording high visibility over the demonstrators, protected from the demonstrators, by the presence of baricades, walls and fences.

By our inaction to this illegal inhumane situation, we, and the World with us are rendered complicit; for the tenet of the law is, that, "Silence construes as consent".

Gene · 2019-12-03T08:12:53Z

BEVAN BEVAN You should know that Adolf Hitler was a cultured and educated statesman, by contrast, Netanyahu is a dirty uneducated thug who is addicted to murdering children. There is NO similarities between the two.

Christian83 · 2019-12-03T10:36:32Z

You should know that Adolph Hitler was a cultured and educated statesman...

Just when I think your comments can’t get any more absurd and idiotic, you surprise me with this gem. You Gene, are a complete joke. You must be doing this intentionally, surely nobody is really so obtuse!? I imagine that you still live with your mum, middle aged, single and incredibly bitter inside blaming everything on everyone else.

Ruth · 2019-12-03T17:05:13Z

Gene Hitler was a very sick man who took power by cunning, stealth and then used force. It was something he paid a very big price for, in the end. That's what happens when people 'sell their souls' to the dark side. Your understanding of evil needs a little work.

No more Kiev in three months Zelensky you dumb shite. Then you won't need a TV to hear Russian being spoken.

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