Killed Gaza border officer's mother blames Bennett's ties with Raam

Nitza Shmueli, the mother of Israeli soldier Barel Hadaria Shmueli, who was injured at the Gaza border and then succumbed to his wounds, blamed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ties with Arab party, Raam, for her son’s death.

As reported by Israeli Channel 12 on Friday, she expressed great anger at the Israeli government’s treatment of the issue of her son.

She said that her son was “murdered” and insisted that her son’s case is connected to politics.

“We became a bereaved family, not because of war but because of murder,” she expressed, adding:

My son’s case connects to politics. If the prime minister sits with (Mansour) Abbas, it is the murder of the State of Israel.

Shmueli asserted that she does not believe in the Israeli army or the Israeli government and: “Is angry at the Hamas terrorists, the system and the new government.”

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“I handed my son over to the country and there was no one to protect him. The officials and the brigadier general told me they didn’t know the terrorist was hiding a weapon in his underwear. I couldn’t believe it. My son was murdered, not killed.”

Expressing her anger with Bennett, she stated: “Bennett sent a letter of condolence yesterday, I tore the two envelopes; I would not want him to come here. It just illustrates to me how much my son was another cardboard cutout that stood on the border of the Gaza Strip.”

Shmueli argued that Bennett “is a disgrace,” adding that if he sits with Abbas, “it is an assassination of Israel.”

She added: “While I bury my son, the hero, Hamas are getting a loan (Qatari funds) with comfortable terms. A shame for the country.”

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