Usually silent Israeli Arab MKs in Arab parties not silent this time.
Israeli Knesset members from the Arab parties have not been known for denouncing terrorist attacks against their fellow citizens. Now, however, some Arab members of the Knesset are tweeting comments. What are they saying and what has changed? First let us put this in context: In the latest spate of terrorist attacks in Israeli cities […]
Israeli NGO ‘Standing Together’ Hits a Home Run for Anti-Zionism
Standing Together got wonderful press and who can object to their famous call: “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies?” But is that what they are really about? The Jerusalem Post wrote positively about the demonstration. Times of Israel wrote about it as if it was a good thing. And the image that graces the […]
Did This Happen Because Arabic was Demoted?
In which case, the Arab parliamentarians in Israel may either jump for joy or sigh in relief. Or is it because anti-Zionist Arabs running for public office are treated differently by Israel’s Supreme Court than Jewish candidates against whom the claim is made that they are racist? In any case, here is the story: In […]
Odeh Misleads Tel Aviv Leftists Before Election
Ayman Odeh, head of the Arab party, the Joint List, held a campaign meeting at a coffee shop in Tel Aviv, seeking to persuade Jewish leftists to vote for them today. I have a lot of problems with this man and other members of the Joint List, but I ask that they at least do […]
Israeli MKs Sucking Up to JStreet 2019
There are a number of Israelis who spoke at the 2019 JStreet National Conference and I will list them at the end of this article, but I want to focus here on the speeches of three of our elected representatives: Nitzan Horowitz, Ayman Odeh and Ehud Barak. This is not the first time an MK […]
Getting Harder For Arab MKs To Complain About Structural Discrimination
When things like this happen (I’ll tell you soon what “this” is), it must make it really hard to be an Arab Member of Knesset (MK). It seems like Israeli Arab MKs get the greatest satisfaction when they can get air time accusing the Israeli government of this or that crime against humanity. THIS – […]
Right About Now Might Be A Good Time To Hear From You, Hanin Zoabi or Ayman Odeh!
Hanin Zoabi – Are you going to cry out your rage and horror at the killing of a 13-year-old girl barely past puberty? Ayman Odeh – Are you going to rail against the terrorist and those who sent him, directly or indirectly; sent him to break into her house and drain the life out of […]