Next question, please': Israeli spokesperson blows off Iranian schoolgirl deaths

Source: Raw Story · Bias: Far Left

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An Israeli spokesperson dismissed the alleged deaths of Iranian schoolgirls and the claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a war criminal.During a press conference near rubble in Tel Aviv on Sunday, reporter Secunder Kermani of Britain's Channel 4 News acknowledged that "Khomeini, the Iranian regime, have clearly done terrible things, particularly to their own people.""But your Prime Minister is a wanted war criminal. You don't have the moral high ground here at all," he said. "This is a war crime!" the Israeli spokesperson shouted. "This is a war crime! Targeting civilians, targeting elderly women, killing, murdering her caregiver from the Philippines.""What about the hundred or so schoolgirls in Iran that are being killed in a strike at that?" Kermani asked. "Yes, next question, please," the spokesperson replied. "Let's allow others."

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An Israeli spokesperson dismissed the alleged deaths of Iranian schoolgirls and the claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a war criminal.During a press conference near rubble in Tel Aviv on Sunday, reporter Secunder Kermani of Britain's Channel 4 News acknowledged that "Khomeini, the Iranian regime, have clearly done terrible things, particularly to their own people.""But your Prime Minister is a wanted war criminal. You don't have the moral high ground here at all," he said. "This is a war crime!" the Israeli spokesperson shouted. "This is a war crime! Targeting civilians, targeting elderly women, killing, murdering her caregiver from the Philippines.""What about the hundred or so schoolgirls in Iran that are being killed in a strike at that?" Kermani asked. "Yes, next question, please," the spokesperson replied. "Let's allow others."