Joint List head speaks out against use of weapons

Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Knesset’s Joint List of Arab parties, calls for his constituency to refrain from using armed violence in resisting Israel, hours after the shooter in a Beersheba terror attack was identified as an Israeli citizen.

Arab Joint List leader MK Ayman Odeh at a memorial service during a rally marking Nakba Day at Tel Aviv University, May 20, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Arab Joint List leader MK Ayman Odeh at a memorial service during a rally marking Nakba Day at Tel Aviv University, May 20, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

“Guys listen up. Our way is the relentless national struggle with our heads held high, and not using weapons,” he writes on Facebook.

He goes on to say that while he understands people’s anger against Israel, the use of arms is “unacceptable.”

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