Hecklers interrupt Israel PM’s Memorial Day speech on unity

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hecklers interrupted Israel’s prime minister for several minutes during a Memorial Day address in which he called for unity. The incident on Wednesday laid bare the country’s internal divisions even as it mourns its dead. At least two people shouted “swindler” and “shame” as Naftali Bennett cast ongoing friction among Jews as an existential threat to the country. It was not clear who the hecklers were. Bennett has faced vicious criticism from erstwhile allies on Israel’s nationalist right for forming a coalition government with left-wing parties and an Arab faction last year. His family recently received death threats.