The publicist Yehonatan Geffen, who has been a columnist in Yediot Achranot for many years, shamelessly called for murderous violence against supporters of the current government, calling on opposition leader Yair Lapid to “take off his gloves.”
Geffen dedicated his last column, published on Thursday, to Lapid: “We’ve been close friends for over 40 years. In our strong and long-standing friendship, we have an unwritten contract not to talk about politics.”
Referring to the protests against the judicial reform, he wrote: “Yair Lapid, as a professional boxer, I’m asking you, in these terrible days – please take off your gloves and hit them mercilessly, even below the belt. A back right, a blow to the chin, and a deadly knockout.”
“No more Mr. Nice Guy. Don’t be prime minister but be tough, even violent. Don’t be afraid, my friend Yair. I have no doubt that we will restore justice and democracy and defeat the forces of pervasive evil. Hate will be replaced by love.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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6 Responses
Re: “Remove Your Gloves & Hit Them Mercilessly”…
This should have said: “Remove Your Gloves & Hit Yourself Mercilessly”.
These are ENLIGHTENED ELITE who have been controlling the Jewish state?
They are calling for blood?
They must be now dethroned and democracy take shape.
They don’t even know “Shema Yisroel” and are ruling on having chametz in hospitals?
Judicial reform now!!!
These are animals,
Calling for civil war?
These are barbarians.
They are afraid of religious people.
They know that homosexuals don’t make babies therefore there is no future for them. You want honesty.
Get up and move to New York with your dogs.
The erev rav chilonim are soneh Hashem. They cling onto their idols till the very end.
if anyone touches me with one finger they had better watch out…..
the failed boxer turned failed politician has to resort to blows below the belt in order to win
nebach
Hmm… Did the US government also call him out as a “persona non grata” for inciting violence?