An Israeli citizen told a BBC reporter he believed hundreds of residents of nearby Palestinian villages should be killed in response to the deadly shooting that killed two Israelis, including an IDF officer, the BBC reported on Saturday.
In a video published by the BBC, Yehuda Shimon, a lawyer with an organization that represents Israelis arrested for violence against Palestinians, explained that he believed one Jewish life equaled 10 million Palestinian lives and advocated for killing all those living in the nearby villages of Tal, Sarra, Jit, and Farata.
When asked if this statement sounded racist, Shimon agreed that it was, but claimed it was also justified.
“This is the truth because God chose us. Because of this, you are jealous,” he told the reporter.
Shimon confirmed to the reporter that despite his occupation as a lawyer, the only law that really counted to him was the Bible.
Terror crackdown in the West Bank
Shimon spoke to the reporter in the settlement of Gilad Farm, where the shooting took place.
Since then, a wide-scale operation was launched in the West Bank, with over 70 terror suspects being arrested, including the father of the Palestinian terrorist who carried out the shooting.