“I am shocked by the thought that today, November 4 — a date on which we learned where words can lead — I need to stand here and say again: the word ‘traitor’ must be struck out of political discourse, and everywhere!” Herzog says at a conference at the University of Haifa. “Coalition and opposition, left and right. Accusations of treason imperil our democracy.”
November 4 marks the anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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- President Herzog: The word ‘traitor’ should be removed from political discourse