Ra’am party calls for resignation of its Knesset member who doubted that Hamas killed babies
The Israeli-Arab Ra’am party asked its Knesset member Iman Khatib-Yasin to resign following controversial statements she made, casting doubt on accounts of Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7.
Khatib-Yasin told the Knesset channel on Sunday, “They didn’t slaughter babies, at least from what was in the movie, and they didn’t rape women. If that happened, it’s shameful.”
She was referring to a film showing Hamas atrocities that was presented to Knesset members last week, which she didn’t watch herself.
She asserted that she had heard the facts “firsthand,” adding that “What happened is inhumane and against Islam, but you can’t ignore everything that happened before and after.”
“I and the other members of the party strongly condemned from the first moment the shocking massacre in the south,” Ra’am chairman Mansour Abbas said. “There is and will not be a place in our ranks for any party that denies or downplays the seriousness of acts that are contrary to our values and the Islamic religion.”
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