Thousands of Arab Israelis held protests Friday at the conclusion of prayers, a day after a general strike over a wave of deadly violence within the minority community.
Protesters blocked roads, including sections of the major highways in the north of the country. Demonstrators carried signs with slogans such as “our children’s blood is not cheap” and chanted slogans about what they say is police inaction on the issue.
Ayman Odeh, the head of the Knesset’s predominantly Arab Joint List faction, called on the Jewish community to join the protests, saying that a society without weapons should be the ideal for everyone.
“I also urge the Jewish public to join the protests. A society without firearms is a civil and social aim for us all,” Odeh tweeted.
MK Yousuf Jabareen of the Joint List, who joined protesters blocking a highway in the north of the country, said that the protests will continue until tangible action is taken on the issue.
“More than a thousand protesters blocked the Wadi Ara road in protest of the rising violence and crime in Arab society and the outrage of law enforcement agencies,” he told the Walla news site. “We will continue to step up our public struggle and further intensify our steps in the coming weeks until we feel a change on the ground.”
The 13 newly elected members of the Joint List did not attend the swearing-in at the Knesset on Thursday because they were taking part in the strike. The faction has made improving public safety one of its top priorities.
Police say there have been more than 70 killings in Arab communities this year, nearly as many as in each of the past two years, when Arabs, who are 20 percent of the general population, made up more than half of all murder victims nationwide. Earlier this week, two brothers and a third individual were killed in a brawl involving guns and knives in Majd al-Krum.
Arab leaders say Israeli police largely ignore the violence in their communities, everything from family feuds and mafia turf wars to domestic violence and so-called honor killings.
Israel’s Arab citizens are descendants of Palestinians who remained in the state after its creation in 1948. They have the right to vote but many say they suffer discrimination and that authorities treat them like second-class citizens.
Read the rest here: https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-of-arab-israelis-march-block-roads-to-protest-deadly-crime-wave/
The title of this story deceives as to what the real agenda of this article is:
“A society without firearms is a civil and social aim for us all.”
And it exposes the Arab shill cozying up to the Jews in their Knesset “Joint List.” The whole joint (no offense to bud) is corrupt. And sickening.
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THEM JEWS ARE SHOWING AMERICAN COMMUNISTS HOW ITS REALLY DONE……….
“Israel’s Arab citizens are descendants of Palestinians who remained in the state after its creation in 1948.”
Rewrite:
“Israel’s Arab citizens are descendants of Palestinians who remained in the state after the land was stolen from them in 1948.”
Only in Israel are Palestinians called “Arabs”…while they do speak Arabic, leave it to the Times of Israel to call them a name that is actually a nation way to the south of Israel…and when are actual Arabs gonna get rid of that Donmeh-Khazar-satanic Saudi “royal family”?