Arabisches Mitglied des israelischen Parlaments: „Shimon Peres ist ein blutbefleckter Kriegsverbrecher“

„An Arab Israeli lawmaker drew swift and harsh condemnation Wednesday after suggesting former president Shimon Peres be remembered as a blood-covered tyrant and war criminal, breaking with others who have praised the Nobel Peace Prize winner in the wake of his massive stroke a day earlier. Writing on his official Facebook page, MK Basel Ghattas (Joint List) said Peres ‚was one of the pillars of the Zionist colonial project, and one of the most despicable, cruel, radical and long-lived [of its leadership].‘ As a result, Ghattas said, Peres ‚was the most damaging and calamitous for the Palestinian nation and other Arab peoples.‘ (…)

[A]ccording to Ghattas, Peres only managed to ‚portray himself as a dove‘ to the point that he won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Rabin and Yasser Arafat in 1994. ‚So let us at least remember his true essence in his death, as a tyrant directly responsible for crimes and war crimes directed against us,‘ wrote Ghattas, adding ‚our blood covers him from head to toe.‘ Ghattas’s comments were met with outrage by other Israeli politicians.“

(Dov Lieber: „MK sparks outcry by calling Peres a ‚blood-covered war criminal‘“)