The gunshot that could lead to Netanyahu’s downfall

“The shot that killed Abdel Fattah al-Sharif may not have been heard around the world,” said Amos Harel in Foreign Policy (Washington DC), but it has certainly “succeeded in rocking Israeli society”. Sharif was one of two young Palestinians involved in a knife attack on Israeli troops in Hebron a couple of months ago. After being shot and wounded, he was lying helpless on the ground when an Israeli soldier effectively executed him with a bullet to the head. The incident has sharply divided opinion in Israel, highlighting a clash between those who think the country is losing sight of its values and those who believe that even the most extreme measures are justified in the face of a recent upsurge in stabbing attacks. The ongoing row has now claimed…

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