Media: Israel to conclude Arab car ramming wasn’t attack
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted by Israeli media Thursday as saying he may have been wrong to call an Israeli Arab driver who struck and killed a policeman and was fatally shot last month a terrorist, as Israeli media reported that a preliminary investigation has determined that the car ramming was unintentional.
The incident exacerbated tensions between the government and Israel’s Arab minority, and a leading Arab lawmaker is now calling on senior officials to resign.
“If there was a mistake, we have to say we erred, but I will wait for the official report,” Netanyahu was quoted by Walla News as saying to reporters.
The Israeli daily Haaretz says the Justice Ministry will soon publish its conclusions about the incident. The Justice Ministry would not elaborate on its investigation.