MK Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) has commented on party head Yitzhak Herzog's remarks, in which he declare that the Zionist must not appear to be "Arab lovers."
"We will never satisfy the extreme right's desires and we have no interest in doing so. Certainly not to prove to it that we 'aren't Arab lovers.' We love people; believe in equal rights without regard to race, religion or sex; striving for peace; defending the country against outside enemies; and fighting the evil spirits and destructive tendencies within," she wrote in an online newsletter distributed to supporters.