Thread by @StefSimanowitz

1/. MAITLS: Surely you should step up & recognise that when you’re firing, children get killed

HOTOVELY: We were not firing [at] children we were firing at targets of a cruel terrorist organisation, radical Islamics who are trying to kill our children.
@maitlus & @TzipiHotovely

2/. #TzipiHotovely: You can see those youngsters piling those rocks & throwing them at the people praying at the Western Wall”

@maitlis: You really think the #AlAqsaMosque is a terrorist stronghold?

#Isreal’s hardline ambassador to the UK, on #Newsnight.
#Jerusalem #Palestine

3/. “The EU has said the potential evictions are illegal under international humanitarian law. The UN had said they could constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention” @maitlis

“It’s a legal decision” @TzipiHotovely
#Newsnight #Israel #Palestine #AlAqsaMosque #Palestinian

4/. “We have 300 injured #Palestinians, 20 dead, including nine children. How ashamed are you of your govt tonight?”

“I'm ashamed you’re not presenting the right picture” @TzipiHotovely Israeli ambassador to UK”
#Newsnight #AlAqsaMosque #Palestine #Israel

5/. “The army will continue to attack to bring a total, long-term quiet. Only when we reach that goal will we be able to speak about a truce.”
#Israel's defence minister, Benny Gantz

Gantz also announced that the govt will take over the economy #Palestine
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…