Israeli Knesset member interrogated for inciting terrorism over attack on Palestinian town
Zvika Fogel supported settler attack on Palestinian town of Huwara last month
JERUSALEM
Israeli police opened an investigation Tuesday into far-right Knesset member Zvika Fogel on suspicion of inciting terrorism.
A police statement said Fogel was summoned for interrogation at the National Fraud Investigation Unit.
Fogel is a member of the far-right Jewish Power Party, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Last month, Fogel showed support for an attack by Israeli settlers on the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank. A Palestinian was killed and several homes and cars were vandalized in the attack.
"Huwara is burnt and besieged. This is exactly what I want to see,” Fogel said in an interview with Israeli Army Radio following the attack.
The settler attack has triggered a storm of condemnations from around the world.
*Ikram Imane Kouachi contributed to this report.
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