Members of the Druze and Circassian communities announce that they will launch a week of protests against what they called government discrimination against their towns and villages.
The events will culminate in a large protest in Jerusalem on July 8.
“We have been patient enough and now is the time to launch a struggle,” community leaders said in a statement, according to the Walla news site.
Last month Interior Minister Moshe Arbel asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to help advance the passage of a five-year plan to support local authorities of Druze and Circassian communities.
A previous five-year plan for the two minority communities expired in 2023, and the government has not approved a new one since despite many requests.
Arbel noted the contribution of both communities, whose members serve in the IDF, and the toll they are suffering in the north, where many of them live, amid the ongoing daily clashes with Hezbollah
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