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Hadash-Ta’al’s Tibi: ‘I want as many Arabs and Jews as possible to take part in these protests’
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
MK Ahmad Tibi speaks in the Knesset plenum during a memorial ceremony marking 27 years since the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, November 6, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Hadash-Ta’al lawmaker Ahmad Tibi throws his support behind anti-judicial overhaul protesters.
“I want as many Arabs and Jews as possible to take part in these protests,” the senior Arab lawmaker tells Army Radio.
Arab politicians have taken a backseat over the past 10 weeks of public protest against the coalition’s plan to curtail the judiciary and increase political power, but are becoming more vocal on the subject.
