Netanyahu Says the NY Times Lacks Moral Clarity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at Mimouna celebration in Dimona on Tuesday, made the following remarks in response to the the NY Times positive portrayal of arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti:

"I read, on Sunday, the article in the New York Times that presents arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti as a 'parliamentarian and leader'. The paper recanted after we pointed it out to them. Calling Barghouti a 'political leader' is like calling Assad a 'pediatrician.' They are murderers and terrorists. We will never lose our sense of clarity because we are on the side of justice and they are on the side that is neither just nor moral.

This moral clarity, the readiness to defend our country, the readiness to fight those who would destroy us, is one of our greatest strengths, alongside love of Israel."