Joint (Arab) List leader Ayman Odeh is accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of incitement against Arab Israelis in his remarks attributing the wave of wildfires last month to arson.
Odeh says he is set to file a formal request with the attorney general to investigate Netanyahu for incitement.
He says that if any of the blazes were deliberately set, the arsonists should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Odeh also slams the bill that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers to broadcast the early morning call to prayer, saying it’s a “decree that the community will not be able to withstand.”
And he maintains that the so-called Regulation Bill, which would legalize some West Bank outposts built with state assistance, will lead Israeli leaders to the ICC, as Netanyahu has reportedly warned.
“I recommend they hire lawyers,” he says of Israeli politicians spearheading the legislation.
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