The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 17, 2022 Israeli Politician Says He Wishes He Could Get Rid of All Palestinians ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An Israeli politician has sparked outcry after publicly saying he wishes there was a way to get rid of all Palestinians. Israel's Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana said in a televised speech, "If there was a button I could press that would take all the Arabs and put them on a train to Switzerland, I would." .