Israeli Candidate Attacked by Stones During Tour in Palestinian Town

Stones were thrown at a vehicle carrying Pler Hassan-Nahoum, the fifth candidate on Ofer Vinter's "Am Israel" list, on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred during an informational tour in the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya, located in the Benjamin region north of Ramallah. A window of the vehicle was shattered by the stones, and a woman inside sustained minor injuries. Hassan-Nahoum and her team were on the tour with influencers and opinion leaders, in cooperation with the "Regavim" movement. According to the team, a group of assailants surrounded their vehicle and began throwing stones and objects as they were leaving the town. Dramatic footage shows the vehicle being hit by a stone, with the driver instructing passengers to duck. The driver later checked to ensure everyone was unharmed after the window broke.

Ofer Vinter, the party chairman and a retired brigadier general, strongly condemned the attack. "Our friend Pler Hassan-Nahoum and her team were attacked with stones by Arab rioters during a tour in Benjamin," Vinter stated. "Thank God she is with us. But I ask you, until when will Israeli citizens have to live in fear? Until when will we continue to hear stone-throwing, attacks, gunfire, and terror, and instead of defeating the enemy, we will do another small operation, another arrest, make another promise? A stone kills, and it's time to stop treating terror as fate."

Vinter also criticized Minister Shlomo Karai, who he said claimed Vinter was on the side of Palestine. "I dedicated my life to fighting Israel's enemies, do you really want to talk to me about who is on which side?" Vinter asked. "Instead of fighting us, fight Israel's enemies. Instead of slandering fighters, restore security to the citizens. Three years after October 7th, it's time to change the concept. It's time to defeat enemies, not brothers."