Israel's Arab citizens openly declare rejection of Jewish state

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By Stan Goodenough
January 04, 2009

In what organizers described as one of the largest demonstrations ever held by Arab Israelis, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the northern Israeli town of Sakhnin on Saturday to declare fealty with Gaza's Arabs and proclaim their support for the destruction of Israel.

A number of Knesset members attended the rally, including Wassil Taha who hailed the event as "one of the greatest demonstrations we have seen because it affects each and every family. People seek to express their pain by showing solidarity with the members of our nation [sic]."

Israel's Arabs are Palestinian Arabs who accepted Israeli citizenship and who enjoy all the benefits of that citizenship, including a higher standard of life than the citizens of any other Arab state in the Middle East.

The hatred of the Jewish state is so strong among many of these Arabs, however, that despite all of this they openly embrace the Arab dream of Israel's demise.

According to Ynetnews, rally leader Ibrahim Zabidat declared during his speech: "The Israeli killing machine must stop. I call from here to the people in Gaza and say: Don't be afraid, don't give up, block them with your blood in order to build the state of Palestine, whose capital is Jerusalem. We, the people of Palestine, will continue to defend it through battle with our soul and blood and in peace."

And Sakhnin Mayor Mazen Ghnaim sent "a greeting to Gaza's residents, who are facing the Israeli occupation machine. Long live Palestine, whose capital is Jerusalem, and long live the shahids (martyrs)."

Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Liberman denounced the treachery, saying that "just as the Israeli government knows the operation in Gaza can't be stopped until Hamas is defeated, so must we act against those citizens of Israel not are not loyal to the State."

Israeli governments have long looked the other way, choosing to ignore treasonous statements and actions by Israeli Arabs - including parliamentarians.

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