Ayman Odeh
In response to a question from a ‘Channel 13’ reporter asking whether Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, Ayman Odeh replied that the Israeli “occupation” is the “primary terror in the whole region.”
Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai says he won’t tolerate defamation of Arab police officers, “our brothers in arms.”
Police ask state prosecutors to examine whether Knesset member Ayman Odeh’s statements constitute incitement • Israeli Public Security Minister Omar Bar-Lev blasts Odeh’s “outrageous, dangerous and irresponsible statement.”
“The occupation backed down in the face of the youth of Jerusalem and removed the barricades at Damascus Gate,” says Knesset member Ayman Odeh.
Palestinian Authority treasurer Ramzi Khuri “funds various expenses that MK Odeh has as the head of an Arab party,” a P.A. official tells Israel’s Channel 20.
Violence, said Joint Arab List leader Ayman Odeh, is “a natural response to any occupation. What can you do? These are the laws of nature.”
Ayman Odeh says the Blue and White Party must reject the idea of a “Jewish majority” government and abandon plans to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria if it wants the support of the Arab parties.
Joint Arab List leaders jubilant after exit polls show the alliance winning as many as 15 seats • Tibi: List will “make a responsible decision” regarding who to recommend to form a government.
With both Israel’s right- and left-wing blocs having been unable to secure a coalition following the April election, the Arab parties could represent a significant boost to the left in September should they break their longstanding tradition of remaining outside the government.
Ayman Odeh rejects an apology made by Ehud Barak for the events of October 2000, saying “we learned the hard way that there are more important things than the politics of ‘anyone but Bibi.’ ”
Each of the two Arab blocs could each get from between four and six seats, and “could serve as a safety net for a left-wing government so that it could pass certain legislation.”
Upon his re-election as Hadash Party chief, Knesset member Ayman Odeh says, “Whoever wants us divided and weak, will have us strong and united.”
