The term \"Israeli-Arab\" has lost yet another whit of significance, with today\'s announcement that three residents of Um el Fahm - an Israeli city - are accused of aiding the Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Islamic Jihad. The three are two brothers, Mahmoud and Mustafa Al-Jazir, and their friend Nasser Bidran. They are accused of supplying M-16 rifles and a submachine gun to a terrorist cell, as well as offering their help in planning major attacks in Binyamina and the Golani junction, and seeking other sites frequented by soldiers.
A noted long-time left-wing figure, Dudu El-Harar, who recently confirmed his official \"conversion\" to right-wingedness, told Arutz-7 yesterday, \"I believe it\'s insulting to them when we call them Israeli-Arabs and say that they want to live in peace with us. Most of them see themselves as Palestinians who want to live in a Palestinian state.\" He said he woke up to this fact when he heard Arab MK Azmi Bishara speak against Israel after the withdrawal from Lebanon, \"and suddenly I realized, Hey, I believe him!\"
A noted long-time left-wing figure, Dudu El-Harar, who recently confirmed his official \"conversion\" to right-wingedness, told Arutz-7 yesterday, \"I believe it\'s insulting to them when we call them Israeli-Arabs and say that they want to live in peace with us. Most of them see themselves as Palestinians who want to live in a Palestinian state.\" He said he woke up to this fact when he heard Arab MK Azmi Bishara speak against Israel after the withdrawal from Lebanon, \"and suddenly I realized, Hey, I believe him!\"