"Arafat was not a terrorist, Begin was": A particularly charged meeting of extremes with Colette Avital

Left-wing figure Colette Avital appeared on i24NEWS's 'Kabinet Shishi' program and claimed that Yasser Arafat was not a terrorist, but Menachem Begin in his past was a terrorist. According to her, the Likud is an extremist party and the Kaplan protests were not violent.

Left-wing figure Colette Avital, a former Knesset member for the Labor Party, appeared this week on i24NEWS's 'Kabinet Shishi' program for a particularly charged meeting of extremes. Avital, who has been active in recent years in protests against the government, recently signed a petition calling on Eisenkot to form a minority government with the Arab parties. During the conversation, Avital claimed that Yasser Arafat was not a terrorist, but Menachem Begin in his past was a terrorist. According to her, the Likud is an extremist party, and the Kaplan protests were not violent, since Prime Minister Netanyahu 'only had a few windows broken'. The article presents her statements without any counter-response or challenge from the interviewer.