MK Jamal Zahalka was one of approximately 1,000 Israeli Arabs to participate in the funeral of the terrorist who was killed in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. Zahalka referred to the Old City as “occupied” and to its Jewish occupants as “right-wing settlers.” He criticized police for believing the Jewish security guards who fought the terrorist, and dismissed video evidence of the attack as unreliable.
Zahalka went on to say “We don’t recognize the right of the settlers, the guards, and the security services to be in Jerusalem, which is occupied land.” Israel “is ultimately responsible for the bloodshed,” Zahalka said, and must withdraw from “occupied Jerusalem.”