Jerusalem – Arab-Israeli Political Leaders Reject Netanyahu’s Apology

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    File: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. EPA/ARIEL SCHALIT / POOLJerusalem – Arab political leaders in Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology, for comments he made in last week’s national elections that offended members of the Arab community, was not enough.

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    Netanyahu told a gathering of Arab community leaders that he apologized for his election-day warning to supporters that Arab citizens were voting “in droves,” saying that he did not intend to offend. But Arab-Israeli politician Ahmed Tibi told Israel Radio Tuesday that Netanyahu’s comment was “not an honest apology.”

    Aida Touma-Suliman of the Joint List, which received a majority of Arab-Israeli votes, said party representatives were not invited to the gathering where Netanyahu apologized.

    Arab citizens make up 20 percent of Israel’s population. Equality is guaranteed by Israeli law, but many Arabs have long complained of wide-ranging official discrimination.

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    Floridian
    Floridian
    10 years ago

    Send all these animals to the Gaza and turn the land into glass

    lavrenty
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    lavrenty
    10 years ago

    only in Israel are known enemies allowed to serve in parliament. Even the Congressional Black Caucus is not as treachourous.

    Sherree
    Sherree
    10 years ago

    And yet THEY had the right to vote, lets NOT overlook that!!!!

    marcia
    marcia
    10 years ago

    If they don’t like it…they too can leave and join their Arab Brothers in their Arab Countries…Israel IS THE JEWISH STATE!