Arab MK Basel Ghattas (Joint Arab List) has some harsh words to say about former President Shimon Peres, currently in the hospital in serious condition after suffering a stroke.

"Is this Peres' final journey? We can't know, the man has seven [sic] lives. Peres was one of the pillars of the Zionist project - expansionist colonialism. He was the cruelest and most extreme and did the most damage to the Palestinian people," Ghattas wrote on Facebook.

To hear Ghattas tell it, "despite all of these characteristics Peres managed to portray himself as the dove of peace and get a Nobel peace prize out of it. Obviously, without our direct or indirect help, he wouldn't have succeeded in this. In his death, we will remember the tyrannical personality who was responsible for war crimes against us."

"Peres is covered in blood from head to toe. We're not going to hurry to participate in and contribute to the tribe's festival of collective sadness and grief," ended the Arab MK.

MK Itzik Shmuli of the Zionist Union wasn't too impressed with the Joint List MK's comments. "Ghattas is a small, pathetic man whose entire contribution to politics is summed up by sowing hatred and resentment between people, supporting terror, and initiating provocations for self-promotion. He's not even fit to say Peres' name."