Man Who Legitimizes Violence Demands Gov’t Address Violence In His Community

“With such rhetoric in the air, no wonder our youth keep trying to kill Jews, who invite it by mentioning it!”

Jerusalem, June 10 – An Arab lawmaker in Israel who salutes terrorists, deems attacks on Jews acts of “resistance,” and otherwise ignores or condones such behavior as acceptable, also blames the Jewish majority for not doing enough to curb violence among Arab citizens of Israel.

MK Ayman Odeh, faction leader of the Joint List alliance comprising three mostly-Arab parties, demanded again this week that Israel address burgeoning violence in Arab towns and villages, even as he participates in events celebrating the release of violent terrorists and criminals, and refers to the anti-Jewish pogroms several weeks ago in Lod, Acco, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Haifa, and elsewhere as legitimate Arab reactions to official discrimination.

“Our people are engaged in legitimate protest,” declared Odeh at an impromptu press conference taking place at the home of an Arab citizen of Israel who came home two days ago after serving seventeen years for the attempted murder of four Israeli Jews in 2003 . “I will hear no argument that smacks of racism or cultural discrimination, that claims we somehow produce more violence than anyone else or view it as a valid form of political expression. How dare anyone describe our peaceful protests as violent? Our community suffers more from violence than any other in the country. With such rhetoric in the air, no wonder our youth keep trying to kill Jews, who invite it by mentioning it!”

“The decades of neglect have left their mark,” continued Odeh, with his arm around the terrorist. “The state must address the violence afflicting our communities. And the state must not interfere with our way of life. They better not try to collect so-called illegal firearms. It would be discriminatory. And the state better prevent violence in our towns and cities. The state hasn’t even started to rebuild the police stations that our youth peacefully burned down to demonstrate their cumulative anger and frustration at years and years of discriminatory allocation of resources and enforcement.”

Odeh voiced satisfaction that the international news media and some mainstream Israeli media gave equal or greater attention to Jewish violence against Arabs in the last six weeks than to the far-greater incidence of Arab violence against Jews during that time. “Equality is important,” he acknowledged. “Equality means uncritical acceptance of the Arab narrative while employing a critical, skeptical eye to any Israeli-Jewish source of information. That’s the only way to achieve peaceful coexistence – as peaceful as our protests have been.”

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