A complaint has been filed with the police against Arab MK Ahmed Tibi, in light of his incendiary remarks against IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha’ul Mofaz in the Knesset on Tuesday. Akko town councilman Aharon Lachyani, who filed the complaint, said that by calling Mofaz a \"cold-blooded child murderer,\" Tibi had \"declared open season on Mofaz\'s blood,\" insulted a public servant, and aided an enemy in time of war. A copy of the complaint has been passed to Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein. State Attorney Edna Arbel is also expected to look into the matter today.
Arab MK Muhammed Barakeh joined the fray today, by calling on Arabs in Hevron to \"keep up the intifada.\" He later explained that he was not referring to the military aspects of the intifada, but only to its \"populist\" nature. He told Ynet today that the perpetuation of the intifada does not depend on what he says, but \"rather on a strategic decision by the Palestinians to continue it to attain their legitimate rights.\"
Legislation submitted yesterday by Likud MK Yisrael Katz - and which passed its first Knesset reading - would disqualify from Knesset candidacy anyone who has expressed solidarity with a terrorist movement in the previous five years. MK Katz explained to Arutz-7 today:
\"We have reached this absurd situation where we have to legislate a law in order to become a normal Parliament whose members do not cooperate with terrorist organizations against their own country. As I said yesterday [in the Knesset], Tibi and other Arab MKs sit like leeches on the neck of Israel\'s democracy, drawing its blood and gaining strength to liquidate it… A few months ago, Tibi called for intensifying the violence against Israel and for cooperation with terrorist groups such as Tanzim and Fatah… Almost all of the Arab MKs are clear supporters of these groups and the Islamic Movement…\"
Katz said that even if there is a tendency among some coalition elements not to approve this law in its final reading, \"the public feeling - and this is what will determine the outcome in the final analysis - among 90% of the country is that this extremist phenomenon among the Arab MKs must stop.\"
Arab MK Muhammed Barakeh joined the fray today, by calling on Arabs in Hevron to \"keep up the intifada.\" He later explained that he was not referring to the military aspects of the intifada, but only to its \"populist\" nature. He told Ynet today that the perpetuation of the intifada does not depend on what he says, but \"rather on a strategic decision by the Palestinians to continue it to attain their legitimate rights.\"
Legislation submitted yesterday by Likud MK Yisrael Katz - and which passed its first Knesset reading - would disqualify from Knesset candidacy anyone who has expressed solidarity with a terrorist movement in the previous five years. MK Katz explained to Arutz-7 today:
\"We have reached this absurd situation where we have to legislate a law in order to become a normal Parliament whose members do not cooperate with terrorist organizations against their own country. As I said yesterday [in the Knesset], Tibi and other Arab MKs sit like leeches on the neck of Israel\'s democracy, drawing its blood and gaining strength to liquidate it… A few months ago, Tibi called for intensifying the violence against Israel and for cooperation with terrorist groups such as Tanzim and Fatah… Almost all of the Arab MKs are clear supporters of these groups and the Islamic Movement…\"
Katz said that even if there is a tendency among some coalition elements not to approve this law in its final reading, \"the public feeling - and this is what will determine the outcome in the final analysis - among 90% of the country is that this extremist phenomenon among the Arab MKs must stop.\"