VIDEO | 'Israeli forces are lying about what happened during the detention of Rep. Ro Khanna'

Nadav Weiman, Executive Director of Breaking the Silence, states that the Israeli military is misrepresenting the events surrounding the settler attack on US Representative Ro Khanna. He further contends that Israeli forces are feigning ignorance regarding the identity of the armed settler involved, who has been identified as Shirel Malahi:

"The IDF is lying about the detention of Rep. Khanna.

I was on the ground with him that day, and my body camera captured us being detained by both settlers and Israeli soldiers. The IDF did not disperse the violent settlers, as they claim.

They explicitly sided with them. As you can see in the video, the soldiers themselves blocked the road. I walked over to the soldiers and told them that the police had instructed them to remove the settlers, and that a Member of Congress was present. They refused to help. And there is more.

The IDF claimed that the identity of an armed man was under investigation. Again. a blunt lie. Everyone knows who he is. This is Shirel Malihi. You can see him attacking activists at the same place. Settlers and the IDF worked hand in hand that day as, in fact, they do every day."