Olmert condemns settler ‘pogrom’
Strong words from outgoing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert about this week’s rampage in Hebron: "We are the children of a people whose historic ethos is built on the memory of pogroms," Olmert said. "The sight of Jews firing at innocent Palestinians has no other name than pogrom. Even when Jews do this, it is a ...
Strong words from outgoing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert about this week's rampage in Hebron:
Strong words from outgoing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert about this week’s rampage in Hebron:
"We are the children of a people whose historic ethos is built on the memory of pogroms," Olmert said. "The sight of Jews firing at innocent Palestinians has no other name than pogrom. Even when Jews do this, it is a pogrom.
"As a Jew, I am ashamed that Jews could do such a thing."
Haaretz correspondent Avi Issacharoff also used the historically charged word to describe the riots on Thursday night in which extremist settlers attacked local Palestinians and burned their homes after the forced evacuation of a disputed house.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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