Netanyahu to 1948 Palestinians: Leave to WB, Gaza

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday publicly challenged Palestinians inside the 1948 territories protesting against a deadly Zionist shooting to go and live under Palestinian rule in the West Bank and Gaza.

"To all those who are demonstrating and shouting their denunciation of "Israel" and support of a Palestinian state, I can say one simple thing: you are invited to move there - to the Palestinian Authority or to Gaza," Netanyahu said.

He further added in a meeting with Likud legislators : "I can promise you that "Israel" will not put any obstacles in your way.

Protests have erupted in northern Occupied Palestine since "Israeli" forces on Saturday shot dead a young Palestinian during an attempted arrest.
"Israeli" police said Monday that 24 Palestinians from the Occupied 1948 territories, including 10 minors, appeared in court on charges of rioting after getting arrested the day before.

They are suspected of "stone-throwing" and other "public order offenses" during demonstrations which have rocked the northern town of Kfar Kana, near Nazareth, since the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Palestinian early Saturday.

Kheir Hamdan was martyred after "Israeli" police claimed he intervened in the arrest of one of his relatives and "threatened" Israeli officers with a knife.
His death set off two days of widespread protests across Palestinian towns and villages in the "Israeli"-occupied northern territories, as locals in Hamdan's village announced a general strike in protest.

Ahmad Tibi, a member of the "Israeli" Knesset, said the comments showed the right-wing Likud party leader had "gone off the rails."

The party is to hold a leadership vote in January amid mounting speculation of a national election, due only in 2017, within months.

"These kinds of things have never been said by any prime minister - not by (Menachem) Begin, nor by (Yitzhak) Shamir," Tibi told Reuters, referring to the former Zionist leaders.

Meanwhile, "Israeli" occupation forces spokesman Micky Rosenfeld wrote on Twitter on Friday that 200 Palestinians have been arrested over the past two weeks in East al-Quds.

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