Israeli Lawmaker Damages Palestinian Memorial

Far-right Israeli lawmaker damages Palestinian memorial with sledgehammer.

A far-right member of the Israeli parliament has badly damaged a Palestinian memorial with a sledgehammer in the occupied West Bank while under military escort.

The incident has drawn strong criticism from Palestinians and across the political spectrum in Israel.

Video footage showed Zvi Sukkot, a member of the far-right Religious Zionism party, and several others striking the stone memorial in the Palestinian village of Madama.

In the video, Sukkot - who has a history of provocative anti-Palestinian acts - says: "This is something we cannot leave standing here, because any place that glorifies terrorism, we must remove it."

- Author: Sebastian Usher, BBC

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