Racist Remarks at a Conference by Israeli Ministry of Education Received a Warm welcome by the Audience

Incitement and Racism

The Israeli Ministry of Education organized a ceremony attended by thousands of male and female teachers in Jerusalem on Monday 2-7-2018 under the title “Education Leaders Ceremony”. The Minister of Education, Naftali Bennett, participated in the ceremony, which witnessed racist remarks against Arabs, and welcomed by audience.

Moshe Zir, a land dealer, stood on the podium, and gave a speech: “If you build a house, it will be as if you killed 100 Arabs. if you build a settlement, it will be as if you killed 10,000 non-Jews,”. These remarks were greeted with warm applause from the audience.