The Arab-Israeli Monitoring Committee, which includes leading Arabs, heard calls from Moslem leaders demanding revenge, a "peaceful intifada," and a United Nations denunciation of Israel for "racism."
They also called on Arabs to "defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque” on the Temple Mount. Moslem clerics argued that Jews should not be allowed to approach the area on the Ninth of Av (Tisha B'Av) next Saturday night and Sunday when Jews mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
Arab Knesset Member Azmi Bishara (pictured above) accused the army of knowing in advance about Eden Natan Zada's plan to kill Arabs. "What does a Jewish extremist do on a bus that ends in the Arab town of Shfaram? It is clear that this is a planned and well-prepared massacre, because as soon as the bus entered Shfaram, the terrorist started shooting in all directions," he explained to the Palestinian Authority (PA) official news agency, which reported that the victims were "Palestinians."
The monitoring committee met Saturday in Nazareth in the Galilee, near the town of Shfaram where Zada, who was AWOL (Absent With-Out Leave) from the IDF, fired from inside a public bus before being disarmed and handcuffed by police and subsequently beaten to death by an angry mob. Leaders at Saturday's Arab-Israeli meeting also demanded that Israel not probe the lynch.
Knesset member Mohamed Barakeh said that Zada was attacked to prevent him from killing more people, but the town's security officer told reporters that police already had handcuffed the killer when he was beaten to death. Barakeh warned that a probe into the lynch could cause violent protests.
Committee spokesman Abed Anabtawi said, "A popular uprising against the fascism and negative treatment we receive is the most reasonable scenario. This terrorist attack is part of the fascist atmosphere which controlled the entire Israeli establishment."
Anabtawi added that the term intifada should be viewed in Israel as a constitutional term, and not necessarily violent.
Hamas leaders called for revenge, but Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur, head of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement, urged Hamas to "allow Israeli Arabs to decide how to deal with Jewish terrorism."
Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern Moslem branch and who recently was released from jail, called on Arabs to attend a mass rally "to defend the Al-Aqsa mosque."
He charged that Israel "officially incites against the Arabs in the country. " Senior officials repeatedly state that we are considered a demographic danger, and described us as cancer cells which should be removed."
Moslem leader Sheikh Tayseer Tameemy, during Friday's prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque, told Arab worshippers that "the murder reflects the settlers' fundamentalism and racism against the Arab and Palestinian residents."
They also called on Arabs to "defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque” on the Temple Mount. Moslem clerics argued that Jews should not be allowed to approach the area on the Ninth of Av (Tisha B'Av) next Saturday night and Sunday when Jews mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
Arab Knesset Member Azmi Bishara (pictured above) accused the army of knowing in advance about Eden Natan Zada's plan to kill Arabs. "What does a Jewish extremist do on a bus that ends in the Arab town of Shfaram? It is clear that this is a planned and well-prepared massacre, because as soon as the bus entered Shfaram, the terrorist started shooting in all directions," he explained to the Palestinian Authority (PA) official news agency, which reported that the victims were "Palestinians."
The monitoring committee met Saturday in Nazareth in the Galilee, near the town of Shfaram where Zada, who was AWOL (Absent With-Out Leave) from the IDF, fired from inside a public bus before being disarmed and handcuffed by police and subsequently beaten to death by an angry mob. Leaders at Saturday's Arab-Israeli meeting also demanded that Israel not probe the lynch.
Knesset member Mohamed Barakeh said that Zada was attacked to prevent him from killing more people, but the town's security officer told reporters that police already had handcuffed the killer when he was beaten to death. Barakeh warned that a probe into the lynch could cause violent protests.
Committee spokesman Abed Anabtawi said, "A popular uprising against the fascism and negative treatment we receive is the most reasonable scenario. This terrorist attack is part of the fascist atmosphere which controlled the entire Israeli establishment."
Anabtawi added that the term intifada should be viewed in Israel as a constitutional term, and not necessarily violent.
Hamas leaders called for revenge, but Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur, head of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement, urged Hamas to "allow Israeli Arabs to decide how to deal with Jewish terrorism."
Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern Moslem branch and who recently was released from jail, called on Arabs to attend a mass rally "to defend the Al-Aqsa mosque."
He charged that Israel "officially incites against the Arabs in the country. " Senior officials repeatedly state that we are considered a demographic danger, and described us as cancer cells which should be removed."
Moslem leader Sheikh Tayseer Tameemy, during Friday's prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque, told Arab worshippers that "the murder reflects the settlers' fundamentalism and racism against the Arab and Palestinian residents."