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Ra’am MKs boycott Netanyahu meeting on violence in Arab communities
Hypocrites. Bibi was the first Israeli PM to do anything about the inner city levels of crime in Arab-Israeli communities the last time he was PM, a pivot he undertook at the demand of Ra’am politicians. Ra’am is the political party form of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel. [IsraelTimes] Lawmakers from the Islamist Ra’am party boycott this evening’s meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Knesset’s Arab parties, amid a sharp uptick in violence in Arab society and demands for the government to step in and improve personal security.“Ra’am will not be a part of a falsehood,” party MK Waleed Taha tells The Times of Israel after the decision. “Netanyahu as prime minister froze plans approved by the previous government, plans which led to a decrease in the number of murders in Arab society. He is invited to announce the renewal and revitalization of the programs immediately,” Taha adds. Ra’am’s Abbas says no answer from Netanyahu on demands to fight crime in Arab community [IsraelTimes] Making a rare statement at the start of his Ra’am party’s Knesset faction meeting, Mansour Abbas — who leads the Islamist Arab party — says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given "no answer" to demands to fight crime in the Arab community, which claimed its 89th and 90th murder victims of 2023 only last night. Abbas says that a week ago, the majority-Arab Hadash-Ta’al faction gave Netanyahu a letter outlining steps to improve security in Arab towns, a key concern for Arab citizens and their representatives. "We have no answer," Abbas says, adding that Ra’am has thrown its weight behind what Hadash-Ta’al describes as 12 "urgent demands" to fight crime and increase security. The two parties are set to meet with Netanyahu this evening to discuss how to tackle Arab sector crime, during which Abbas says "we expect the prime minister to adopt the letter." In 2021, Abbas made history by bringing his Islamist faction into an Israeli coalition, a step he took in the name of building Arab-Jewish partnership and improving quality of life for Israel’s Arabs. "We want to advance shared efforts," he says, but on the other hand, "the goal isn’t sitting down itself, it’s to answer the requests of Arab society" and to get "results Posted by: trailing wife 2023-06-06 |
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