Arab MK Azmi Bshara feels that Israel, the country in whose legislature he is a member, is an \"enemy.\" He said this in Durban, South Africa, in a phone interview with a Palestinian newspaper, a transcript of which was prepared by Palestinian Media Watch . Asked about Israel\'s missile strike that killed PFLP terrorist leader Abu Ali Mustafa, Bshara said,
\"I lost a personal friend, this was a great loss. I immediately called brothers in the Galilee, and we arranged rallies in Nazareth and Um el-Fahm... We have no choice but to wage an existential war... Israel is forcing this existential war upon us, but in the end there is no escape from the fact that the Palestinian nation will win over this oppressive enemy that does not recognize values or anything else...\"
MK Michael Kleiner (Herut) said that Bshara\'s words expressing hope for a \"Palestinian victory over the Israeli enemy\" is further proof that he is an enemy of Israel, towards whom \"we must act as if he were a terrorist who infiltrated under the fence of Israeli democracy into the Knesset.\" Kleiner called on the registrar of political parties to exhibit \"public valor and disqualify Bshara\'s party, which serves as a front for illegal activity.\"
Arab MK Muhammad Barakeh will participate in the Palestinian festivities tonight celebrating the Israeli withdrawal. He said that he plans to speak at the event.
Yediot Acharonot editorialized today that the Israeli Arab MKs are “stretching the cords of democracy so much that they are in danger of rupturing,” which will \"endanger the Arab citizens of Israel before it endangers the Jews.”
\"I lost a personal friend, this was a great loss. I immediately called brothers in the Galilee, and we arranged rallies in Nazareth and Um el-Fahm... We have no choice but to wage an existential war... Israel is forcing this existential war upon us, but in the end there is no escape from the fact that the Palestinian nation will win over this oppressive enemy that does not recognize values or anything else...\"
MK Michael Kleiner (Herut) said that Bshara\'s words expressing hope for a \"Palestinian victory over the Israeli enemy\" is further proof that he is an enemy of Israel, towards whom \"we must act as if he were a terrorist who infiltrated under the fence of Israeli democracy into the Knesset.\" Kleiner called on the registrar of political parties to exhibit \"public valor and disqualify Bshara\'s party, which serves as a front for illegal activity.\"
Arab MK Muhammad Barakeh will participate in the Palestinian festivities tonight celebrating the Israeli withdrawal. He said that he plans to speak at the event.
Yediot Acharonot editorialized today that the Israeli Arab MKs are “stretching the cords of democracy so much that they are in danger of rupturing,” which will \"endanger the Arab citizens of Israel before it endangers the Jews.”