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Handout Rotem Vs Bibi The Guardian Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ‘not a state of all its citizens’ PM has been accused of demonising Israeli Arabs in lead-up to April election Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem Sun 10 Mar 2019 10.01 EDT Last modified on Sun 10 Mar 2019 15.35 EDT Shares 10,678 Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting Israel was the ‘nation state only of the Jewish people’. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/AP Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is “not a state of all its citizens”, in a reference to the country’s Arab population. In comments on Instagram, the prime minister went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights, but he referred to a deeply controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. “Israel is not a state of all its citizens,” he wrote in response to criticism from an Israeli actor, Rotem Sela. “According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it. Netanyahu demands live TV showdown with his accusers Read more “As you wrote, there is no problem with the Arab citizens of Israel. They have equal rights like all of us and the Likud government has invested more in the Arab sector than any other government,” he said of his rightwing party. As the comments caused waves in Israel, Netanyahu again spoke of the issue at the start of a cabinet meeting. He called Israel a “Jewish, democratic state” with equal rights, but “the nation state not of all its citizens but only of the Jewish people”. Netanyahu has been accused of demonising Israeli Arabs, who make up about 17% of the population, in an attempt to boost rightwing turnout in elections due on 9 April. He has continually warned that his opponents will receive the support of Arab parties and that they will make significant concessions to the Palestinians. Benny Gantz: can this Israeli general defeat Benjamin Netanyahu? Read more Netanyahu, under threat of indictment for corruption, is facing a tough challenge from a centrist political alliance led by Benny Gantz, a former military chief of staff, and Yair Lapid, an ex-finance minister. The alliance’s centrist positions and its security credentials – it includes three former military chiefs of staff – have helped it beat back Netanyahu’s claims that its leaders are “weak” leftists. Arab parties would be extremely unlikely to be part of any coalition government after elections. Arab Israelis are Palestinians who remained on their land after the 1948 creation of Israel and are largely supportive of the Palestinian cause. Netanyahu leads what is seen as the most rightwing government in Israel’s history and says he wants a similar coalition after the upcoming polls. שמי אדריאן, ואני ישראלי, פטריוט, לוחם בצה"ל במילואים וגם נוצרי. ויש לי משהו לומר לך, .אדוני ראש הממשלה, אז תקשיב טוב מדינת ישראל היא מדינת הלאום של העם היהודי אבל גם של כל אזרחיה שחיים כאן .ואוהבים את המדינה לא פחות ממך וממירי רגב או אורן חזן .אנחנו לא סתם "אזרחים שווי זכויות" כפי שאמרת, זאת גם המדינה שלנו כשאני הולך להגן על המדינה, אני הולך להגן על המדינה שלי. על המדינה שאני גדלתי בה ועל המדינה שבה אני אגדל את הבת שלי. ואני לא אתן שראש הממשלה יתן לבת שלי לגדול .כאן בתחושה שהמדינה פחות שלה כי היא לא יהודיה. פשוט לא יקרה שנים גם אני חייתי תחת השנאה הזאת שאתה מפיץ, ושנאתי כאן כל מי שהעז לדבר "נגד המדינה", שהעז לפתוח תפה ולבקר את מדיניות הממשלה. התבגרתי, פתחתי תראש והבנתי שלאהוב את המדינה זה לא רק לנופף בדגל ולסמן כל אחד כאן כ"לא פטריוט". זה אשכרה .לדאוג שיהיה פה טוב לילדים, לקשישים, לחיילים, לחולים, לבני אדם. שווים בני שווים לעולים מרוסיה, הבן שלך שמפזר DNA אריה דרעי, שר בממשלה שלך מציע לעשות בדיקות ?רעל ברשתות, מסמן חצי עם. אלו הפנים של מדינת ישראל? גזענות ושנאה וואלה, שהבן "הפטריוט הגדול" שלך יעזוב את המקלדת ויבוא איתי 2 דקות לסיור במחנה פליטים, שירגיש פעם אחת מה זה שקלצ'ניקוב יורה עליך משני כיוונים ואין לך איפה להסתתר, שאתה חוטף אבנים, וכל זה בשביל שבסוף הבן של ראש הממשלה יסית נגד .שמאלנים וראש הממשלה עצמו מסביר לי שזאת לא המדינה שלי המדינה הזאת שייכת לכל מי שחי כאן. גם לסניטר הערבי, לחייל הדרוזי לאדריכלית הנוצריה .שהם חלק מהמדינה הזאת - וזה לא סותר מדינת לאום יהודית מה תעשה, אם מחר כל האזרחים הלא יהודים מחליטים פשוט לא לבוא לעבודה כמחאה על ההסתה שלכם? אין לך סנטרים ורופאים, אין לך מאבטחים, אין מורים, אין נהגים, אין אפילו .מי שיפנה את הזבל אולי רק ככה תלמדו להעריך קצת את האנשים שחיים פה במדינה ותורמים לה במקום .לשנוא ולפזר רעל אז מר ביבי, שיהיה ברור, זה גם הבית שלנו. .זה הבית שלי לא פחות משלך, אני לא פחות ממך ואתה לא פחות ממני (דרך נושאי הדגל, אדריאן אוטילס) Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ‘not a state of all its citizens’ PM has been accused of demonising Israeli Arabs in lead-up to April election Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem Sun 10 Mar 2019 10.01 EDTLast modified on Sun 10 Mar 2019 15.35 EDT Shares 10,678 Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting Israel was the ‘nation state only of the Jewish people’. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/AP Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is “not a state of all its citizens”, in a reference to the country’s Arab population. In comments on Instagram, the prime minister went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights, but he referred to a deeply controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. “Israel is not a state of all its citizens,” he wrote in response to criticism from an Israeli actor, Rotem Sela. “According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it. Netanyahu demands live TV showdown with his accusers “As you wrote, there is no problem with the Arab citizens of Israel. They have equal rights like all of us and the Likud government has invested more in the Arab sector than any other government,” he said of his rightwing party. As the comments caused waves in Israel, Netanyahu again spoke of the issue at the start of a cabinet meeting. He called Israel a “Jewish, democratic state” with equal rights, but “the nation state not of all its citizens but only of the Jewish people”. Netanyahu has been accused of demonising Israeli Arabs, who make up about 17% of the population, in an attempt to boost rightwing turnout in elections due on 9 April. He has continually warned that his opponents will receive the support of Arab parties and that they will make significant concessions to the Palestinians. ! Love your neighbor as yourself It isn’t a matter of left or right. Jewish Arab. Secular Orthodox. It is a matter of dialogue. Of communication for peace and equality and patience for one another. The responsibility to plant hopes and light for a better future for our kids is on us. Rotem, my sister, you inspire us all. Gal Gadot B.Netanyahu: Dear Rotem, an important correction: Israel is not the state of all of it's citizens. According to the new national law we have passed, Israel is the state of the Jewish people - and them alone. As you wrote, there is nothing wrong with the Israeli Arabs - they share the same right like us all. The Government of the Likud has invested in the Arab sector more than any other government. The Likud just wants to clear the question - is it going to be a strong right wing government led by me, or a left wing government led by Lapid, Gantz and the Arab parties. Lapid and Gantz have no other way to form a government that would not risk the state and citizens of Israel. One more month to vote. Good day. הצל: רותם סלע היקרה, ראיתי את מה שפרסמת בסטורי שלך ואני חייב לתקן אותך על כמה דברים שכנראה לא ידעת או לא הבנת או לא רצית להבין.. קודם כל מדינת ישראל היא מדינת ה י ה ו ד י ם בלבד!! מדינה שקמה כדי שלעם היהודי שנרצח ונרדף יהיה סוף סוף בית. זאת לא מדינת כל אזרחיה וגם לעולם לא תהיה. מה שכן, מי שלא יהודי ונאמן למדינה, תורם ומשרת בצה"ל מגיע מעמד מיוחד והוא אח שלי כמו הדרוזים לדוגמא שזה ששמת אותם באותה נשימה עם אנשים שפועלים וקוראים להשמדתנו, היא בושה. נכון, לא כל הערבים הם "רעים" אבל אלו שמתגייסים הם מיעוט שחי תחת איומים ברצח, ואלו שנאמנים למדינה דוממים מחשש לחייהם אז די לצביעות. גברת סלע, אגב סלע.. רק אתמול השווי זכויות שלך ניסו לרצוח אדם בהשלכה של סלע על ראשו, ואתמול היה 30 ימים לרצח ואונס המזעזע של אורי אנסבכר (אם את לא יודעת מי זאת תבדקי בגוגל..) ?אז כמה מנותקת וצבועה את יכולה להיות נורא קל לצאת בהצהרות ממגדל השן שלך. נורא קל לקרוא למסתננים שעושים גיהנום לתושבי דרום תל אביב .פליטים, ולספר סיפורים על צבא כיבוש רשע ואפרטהייד אכזרי מחיים נוחים בקומה 24 בדירת יוקרה בתל אביב אם תרצי תמונה אמיתית על המצב כי נראה לי שאת פשוט מנותקת, אני אשמח לשבת איתך ולהסביר לך. בינתיים תעזבי אותך פוליטיקה, זה גורם לקמטים ולא מוציא אותך טוב. תמשיכי להיות הטיפשונת המצחיקונת בתוכניות ריאלטי עם אסי עזר (תמסרי לו ד"ש) ואם כבר מדברים על אסי, ביום שישי האחרון ארבעה ערבים תקפו 3 גייז ביציאה ממועדון בתל אביב, שברו להם את הגולגולת ושלחו אותם למיון תוך קריאות הומופוביות. ?אז למה לא את ולא אסי העליתם איזה סטורי כועס על זה !שבוע טוב IAmTheShaddow: Dear Rotem Sela, I have seen what you posted on your story and I feel I must correct you, about some things you may not understand or you don't want to realize… First of all Israel is the state of the JEWISH PEOPLE ALONE!!! A state that was established so the prosecuted and murdered Jewish people will finally have a home.
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