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Netanyahu’s spokesman shares post blasting ‘affirmative action’ in favor of Arabs
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman appears to endorse a campaign to end what it describes as “affirmative action,” whose crowdfunding page claims that Arabs receive preferential treatment in Israel.
Netanyahu spokesman Guy Levy retweets a post on X by screenwriter Menny Assyag calling on the public to donate to a new initiative by right wing activist Igal Malka called “The Jewish Majority.”
“I agree with every word,” tweets Levy.
On its crowdfunding page, the project’s pitch argues that those who pay taxes and serve in the reserves are “the first to be pushed to the back of the line” when receiving benefits and that “it is time to stop the fraud called ‘affirmative action'” because it constitutes “unfair discrimination” with “a racial basis.”
“In the name of justice – we are crushed – we who carry the entire country on our backs” in favor of “disadvantaged populations,” the pitch states, claiming that “it is harder for a Jew to be accepted to university” or “to apply for government tenders.”
“The working and serving Jew can hardly buy an apartment because the state distributes the land to ‘other people,'” it alleges, claiming that those named “Ahmad” can “get land for the price of a used car in the Galilee.”
“This is not a bug. It’s a policy,” the group claims.
Calling for donations, the “Jewish Majority” says it is embarking on an “all-out war” consisting of “an unprecedented information campaign,” legislative efforts and demonstrations.
The Times of Israel Community.