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Abrushmi storm: Amit Segal announced that he would sue two surfers who attacked him

News 12's political commentator has announced that he will file a defamation lawsuit against two people who claimed on Twitter that Segal justifies Yona Abrushmi and prepares the ground for the next murder. An interview with the killer was broadcast yesterday in "Ulpan Shishi" and at the end Segal said that the violence came from both sides of the political map. His words caused a stir

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News 12's political commentator Amit Segal announced (Saturday) that he will file a defamation lawsuit tomorrow against two surfers who made allegations against him on Twitter following Segal's remarks in Studio Six that were broadcast after an interview with Yigal Mosko with the killer Yona Abrushmi. One surfer raised the question of whether Segal is giving a stage to Yona Abrushmi and thus preparing the ground for the murder of a protester, and another claimed that Segal in his remarks justifies the actions of Abrushmi and the murderers on the right. After Segal threatened the defamation lawsuit the two deleted their tweets but Segal wrote that "in light of their refusal to make an explicit apology and renounce incitement and lies" he would file the defamation lawsuit. One of the two later published a post in which she wrote that she apologized for her remarks.

The background to the remarks is a media storm that erupted after a broadcast in "Ulpan Shishi" of an interview Yigal Mosko with Yona Abrushmi, who murdered "Peace Now" activist Emil Grinzwig in 1983, was sentenced to life in prison and released in 2011. Abrushmi said in an interview with Moscow that "the Balfour protesters are Bacteria "and" there are young people who will go to Balfour and know what to do. " He did not regret the assassination in an interview, saying he admired Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Following the broadcast, the "Prime Minister" movement filed a complaint of "serious incitement to murder."

After the broadcast of the article, Segal said: "Yona Abrushmi is a despicable man, but I wish that for every ten articles about Yona Abrushmi there was also one article about Udi Adiv. I think our memory is a selective memory." As a result, Segal received many criticisms on social media, which claimed, among other things, that Segal creates symmetry between right-wing and left-wing violence. In addition, regardless of the staff, an argument arose between many opponents and many supporters for and against the very broadcast of the interview with the killer, as well as the fact that there was no condemnation of Prime Minister Netanyahu for his remarks.

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As for Segal, a woman named Michal Ben Gigi asked on Twitter if Segal gives a stage to Yona Abrushmi and thus prepares the ground for the murder of a protester, she claims. Following this, Segal shared a screenshot of Ben Gigi's tweet and wrote: "Friendly advice if you are her friends: she has exactly one hour to delete this multi-layered slander and publish an apology before a defamation lawsuit is filed tomorrow morning." Ben Gigi removed the tweet and wrote: "I removed the tweet according to which I attributed to Amit Segal the preparation of the interview with Abrushmi, an intention to train the next political assassination or he is a sabotage journalist. I sincerely apologize for my remarks, which included lies and incitement against Amit. Thousands of apologies again. "

In addition, another person named Eran Cherpak tweeted a claim that Segal justifies Abrushmi's actions. Following this, Segal also shared a screenshot of the tweet and wrote: "Friendly Tip 2: If you do not delete within an hour - a lawsuit is on the way." Cherpek removed his tweet.

After the two deleted their tweets, but before Ben Gigi published her apologies, Segal wrote: "The two keyboard heroes deleted the tweet. Who has already represented me with great success in the legal proceedings against Yitzhak Laor and Oren Hazan. False posts and other instigators will also be examined. The money will be donated, of course. "

Amit Segal, why did you decide to sue the two right now, while you are being attacked quite a bit on the net? One of the two expressed her apology, you still intend to sue her?

" Good week. My remarks on Twitter speak for themselves. "