Heroic pro-Palestinian whose arrest went viral

Interview with Yael Kahn, who was arrested by the Metropolitan Police for carrying a placard. The video of her arrest has been viewed over 4 million times on social media. Here she tells the story of her arrest and how standing up for Palestinians and speaking out against Israel has become her life’s work. Yael mentions Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was elected to the Knesset in 1984 and believed that Israel’s Arabs should be deported or put to death. Itamar Ben-Gvir is Kahane’s disciple and is now Police Minister. He used to march to the chant ’death to the Arabs’ and his wikipedia entry is here:
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