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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

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4. Israeli-Arabs reject Netanyahu’s extended hand and apology as insincere

Reply to shira (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:02 PM

Jul 2016

Source: Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu releases English and Hebrew YouTube videos with Arabic subtitles imploring Israeli-Arabs to take part in society "in droves."

Arab MKs rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s outreach on Monday in the release of YouTube videos urging the country’s 1.65 million Arab citizens to engage further in society.

Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh – in a biting response on Tuesday – said, “Mr. Prime Minister, you are right about one thing. We really want to be part of society. But maybe I’ll surprise you now saying, we do not want to be second-class citizens in a racist and occupying state.”

He also mentioned that “more than 100,000 Arab citizens who live in unrecognized villages in the Negev. They cannot listen to your words, not in Hebrew nor in English... simply [because] their homes do not have electricity.”

Odeh also charged that the prime minister “regularly incites” against the Arab public.

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Netanyahu calls on Israel’s Arabs to ‘thrive in droves’ [View all] shira Jul 2016 OP

and move aside for settlements, in droves nt jtunes Jul 2016 #1

Israeli Arabs can only thrive in droves if they either emigrate or are given equal rights. Little Tich Jul 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Jul 2016 #3

They already have equal rights in Israel. Enough of the lies. n/t shira Jul 2016 #5

Arab Israeli citizens have what would defined in other countries as a partial citizenship, Little Tich Jul 2016 #6

Complete horseshit. 93% of Israeli lands are not earmarked for Jews only. shira Jul 2016 #7

There's no equal access for Israeli Arabs to land in Israel, even though I was wrong about Israeli Little Tich Jul 2016 #8

HRW bases that info. from Adalah's bullshit. shira Jul 2016 #9

All those Adalah batshit allegations are true. Little Tich Jul 2016 #10

They're bullshit as you already know. We've done this before & you punted. shira Jul 2016 #11

I thought I had managed to explain to you on what grounds those two laws were considered racist. Little Tich Jul 2016 #12

Laughable disingenuous hamasbara bullshit, for reasons already given. shira Jul 2016 #13

Stop implying that "Palestinian" and "Hamas commander" are synonymous terms. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #16

Stop pretending Israel faces zero security/terror threats & that everything.... shira Aug 2016 #19

I don't pretend that Israel faces NO security threats...nor that all Palestinians are saints. Ken Burch Aug 2016 #21

We were discussing an allegedly racist law before you changed course. shira Aug 2016 #22

That ruling was made. Has it led to any change in practice? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #17

Yes and Yes. n/t shira Aug 2016 #20

Nope. Little Tich Aug 2016 #23

Israeli-Arabs reject Netanyahu’s extended hand and apology as insincere Little Tich Jul 2016 #4

Consider the source - the racist Joint List party, far more rightwing than Netanyahu shira Jul 2016 #14

"I apologized for how my comments were misunderstood"? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #15

That was back then Ken ... Israeli Aug 2016 #18