Israeli lawmaker revealed IOF executes Palestinian children

MK Ofer Cassif, the sole Jewish MK in the Joint Arab Party who is running again for Knesset on the Hadash-Ta’al slate, spoke at a campaign event, blaming the recent string of Palestinian attacks on Israel’s security establishment and accusing the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) of executing Palestinian Arab children.

The comments were first revealed by Israel Hayom Wednesday, which obtained and published footage from the campaign event.

“The root cause is the occupation, it is an injustice in and of itself,” Cassif said.

“Twelve Palestinians were murdered in the occupied territories, including minors, children who were executed. This bloodshed is terrible, the occupation is a form of injustice.”

At the event, Hadash party chairman MK Aymen Odeh refused to condemn attacks on Israeli soldiers, insisting on an end to the “occupation”.

“Everyone is a victim of this wicked occupation… Arabs and Jews are dear to everyone and we do not want even one person to die. We have to end the occupation.”

Following the publication of the footage Wednesday, Zionist regime’s War Minister Benny Gantz excoriated Cassif, and said that given his views, no new government could be formed with the Hadash-Ta’al list after the upcoming election.