Father of slain ‘Israeli’ soldier called “traitor” outside polling station
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- Ruby Chen, father of fallen ‘Israeli’ soldier Itay Chen, was verbally attacked and called a “traitor” outside a polling station in Netanya.
- Chen was holding a photograph of his son and urging voters to remember the fallen when the confrontation occurred, according to his account to Channel 12.
Ruby Chen, the father of ‘Israeli’ soldier Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, was verbally attacked outside a polling station in Netanya on Tuesday while holding a photograph of his son, who was killed during the October 7, 2023, attack and taken to the Gaza Strip.
According to Chen, he was standing outside the polling station with a large photograph of his son, urging voters to cast their ballots in memory of those killed, when a man approached him, cursed at him, and called him a “traitor.”
אירוע אלים מחוץ לקלפי בנתניה כנגד רובי חן אביו של סמ״ר איתי חן ז״ל שנחטף ונרצח בעזה, איתו ח"כ סימון דוידסון מיש עתיד שהגן עליו https://t.co/VKpwCOo5Lk
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“I stand here with a sign of my son, telling them to vote for the fallen, to vote for them,” Chen told Channel 12.
Chen said the man also blamed former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar for the events surrounding his son’s death and abduction.
The confrontation took place amid political tensions surrounding the elections, reflecting divisions within ‘Israeli’ society over accountability for the October 7 attack and the handling of those taken to the Gaza Strip.
