Following the deadly incident at yesterday’s anti-conscription protest, Israeli authorities reported that the bus driver involved continued traveling roughly 500 meters after the impact, with 14-year-old Yosef Eisenthal trapped beneath the vehicle.

During a heated Knesset plenary session on Wednesday, Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar of the Likud turned his fire on opposition lawmakers, arguing that persistent hostility toward the chareidi public had real-world consequences and culminated in the killing of the teenager at the rally.

“Your incitement against the chareidi public is what led to this tragedy. You have permitted the blood of the haredi public. Shame on you,” Zohar charged from the podium of the Knesset.

He continued by accusing critics of portraying the chareidi community as a national threat. “Daily, you present them as the enemy of the nation. Calm down. They are valuable, important, and beneficial to Israeli society. Stop attacking them from morning to night until you turn them into an enemy.”

Zohar pressed the point further, warning that language carries weight and can incite violence. “You authorized their deaths so that a driver allows himself to drive at a crazy speed into a protester and to kill a boy. So think what you’re saying. Every word has meaning. Be responsible for what you say.”

{Matzav.com}

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