Minister of Security Gilad Erdan’s tweet in Hebrew on January 18, 2017, the day of the violent incident at the unrecognized village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev: “The terrorist sharply turned his wheel and quickly accelerated in order to run down a group of police officers."

Adalah Demands Criminal Investigation of Public Security Minister Erdan for Incitement

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – is demanding a criminal investigation into Israel’s Minister of Public Security, Gilad Erdan, for incitement to racism against Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel. Adalah Attorney, Nadeem Shehadeh, sent a letter to Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in response to a series of public statements…