PM: Ephraim attack ‚a stain on Israeli democracy‘

21.12.2011                      25.Kislev. 5772                       Channuka 1

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PM: Ephraim attack 'a stain on Israeli democracy'

Netanyahu, Barak attend Hanukka ceremony at IDF base attacked by right-wing extremists last week.

Rioting by Jewish extremists at the Ephraim Brigade headquarters last week blemished Israeli democracy and the settlement enterprise, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday as he lit a hanukkia at the site.
“Even the smallest stain tarnishes the whitest shirt,” Netanyahu said at the ceremony. “This is a stain on Israeli democracy, which is a law-abiding democracy, and also a stain on the greater part of the settler population, which is not involved in these acts.”…