Arab Party Calls to Investigate Netanyahu for 'War Crimes'

The Ra’am-Ta’al party has sent a letter to Zionist regime’s Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, asking him to launch a formal investigation against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, War Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz over "war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza” during Operation Protective Edge.

Ra’am-Ta’al includes MKs Ahmed Tibi, Ibrahim Sarsour, Taleb Abu Arar and Masud Ghnaim.

In the letter, the party accused Zionist regime of violating international law during its operation in Gaza, claiming that the IOF was disproportionate in distinguishing between combatants and civilians.

The party also noted that a copy of the letter had been sent to international legal bodies so that an investigation is launched against the political and military leadership in Israel on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The members of Ra’am-Ta’al all have a history of anti-Israel statements.

Tibi recently followed in the footsteps of MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad), who insisted that those who abducted the three Israeli teens on June 12 were "not terrorists."
"I blame the government of Israel, Naftali Bennett and the rabbis who incited to murder Palestinians," he said, accusing Israel for the murder of Mohammed Abu Khder, the 16-year-old from AL-Quds’ Beit Hanina neighborhood who was found burned to death last Wednesday.