Members of Knesset from the Joint (Arab) List say they will not attend tomorrow’s funeral for former president Shimon Peres, who died yesterday at the age of 93.
“The memory of Peres among the Arab public is different from the narrative of the last few days, and I understand that complex messages such as this are are hard to hear the moment after someone’s death,” Joint List leader Ayman Odeh writes in Hebrew on Twitter.
“Thanks to Peres, in the 90s there were two positive and important points in the peace process, while building a partnership with representatives of the Arab public, after which 90% of the Arab population voted for him,” Odeh writes.
In this undated photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Leader of the Zionist Union party Isaac Herzog (C) and Leader of the Joint (Arab) List, Ayman Odeh in the Knesset. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“But on the other hand, we have a fierce opposition to the man of security, occupation and settlement construction, who introduced nuclear [facilities] to the Middle East and, unfortunately, was also a president of who chose to support Netanyahu and his policies.”
No Joint List MKs have yet expressed regret or offered condolences over his passing.
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