From Arab MK slams Ghattas, says he is alone in anti-Peres sentiment
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMK Issawi Freij, an MK from the Meretz party, calls comments by Basel Ghattas against Shimon Peres “unintelligent” and accuses him of trying to start a stir for no reason.
“These are things that are not fitting from someone who claims to serve on behalf of Arab society in Israel. MK Ghattas is seeking to put another unnecessary wrench in Jewish-Arab ties in the country,” he says on Facebook. “Someone who has nothing to contribute to strengthening ties between Jews and Arabs should keep quiet instead of making a disturbance.”
He adds that Ghattas’s diatribe calling Peres a “blood-covered war criminal” puts him in the smallest of minorities with the Arab public, almost all of which wishes Peres well.
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