Arab Knesset Members Say Israel Is Drifting Menacingly Toward Fascism
Occupied Jerusalem: 14 November, 2001 - (IAP
News) - Arab lawmakers in the Israeli parliament, the
Kneset, have warned that the Jewish state is drifting
menacingly toward fascism.
The warning came after the Israeli minister of
internal security Uzi Landau accused Arab
lawmakers of being "a fifth column."
Landau, known for his Jewish supremacist views,
claimed that Arab members of the Knesset were
agents for the Palestinian Authority.
"They bear the citizenship of the state, and then they
accuse it of racism and discrimination," Landau
stated.
Hashem Mahamid, an Arab lawmaker from Um
al-Fahem, described Landau's remarks as "virulent
and manifestly racist."
"How would Landau feel if an American official
accused Jewish members of the Congress of being
a fifth column for voicing support of Israel? We were
elected by our people, and our responsibility is to our
people and to our conscience, not to Landau and his
morbid whims."
Mahamid called on Landau to submit his
resignation.
Landau neither apologized nor withdrew his
remarks.
The latest vitriolic attack on Arabs Kneset members
comes in the aftermath of a witch hunt campaign
against Azmi Bishara, a member of the Knessett,
who was stripped of his parliamentary immunity
earlier this week to stand trial for praising Hizbullah
and the Palestinian struggle against Israeli
apartheid and occupation.
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