Liberman Calls for New Arab Knesset Party

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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman called on Israeli Arabs to form a new Arab political party to compete the with the Joint (Arab) List, according to a report in Yisrael Hayom.

Liberman said at the Herzliya Conference that Israeli Arabs don’t understand why they feel there is such a difference between what they get in the Knesset vs. what they feel in the day-to-day, implying their problem stems from the misplaced priorities of the current Arab party, who seem to concentrate on condemning Israel and calling for a Palestinian State.

Liberman said that if someone in the Arab sector were brave enough to get up and say, “Even if a Palestinian state arises, I will stay here [in Israel],” that [Arab] list would get 70% of the Arab vote.