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| | [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695337 Amnesty tries to distort my Arab identity and dismantle Israel], JPost, Feb 2, 2022.</ref> | | [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695337 Amnesty tries to distort my Arab identity and dismantle Israel], JPost, Feb 2, 2022.</ref> |
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| − | Interesting enough, Annesty's label, the "apartheid " term was rejected by the prominent Arab Party's head in Israel, ''United Arab List,''<ref name=ap-10feb2022>Joseph Krauss, "[https://apnews.com/article/amnesty-international-israel-middle-east-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-093b9df838a901bf752f971fb43efc22 Arab party leader in Israel rejects ‘apartheid’ label]", AP, February 10, 2022. | + | Interesting enough, Amnesty's label, the "apartheid " term was rejected by the prominent Arab Party's head in Israel, ''United Arab List,''<ref name=ap-10feb2022>Joseph Krauss, "[https://apnews.com/article/amnesty-international-israel-middle-east-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-093b9df838a901bf752f971fb43efc22 Arab party leader in Israel rejects ‘apartheid’ label]", AP, February 10, 2022. |
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| | JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of an Arab party in Israel who made history last year by joining the governing coalition said Thursday he would not use the word “apartheid” to describe relations between Jews and Arabs within the country... | | JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of an Arab party in Israel who made history last year by joining the governing coalition said Thursday he would not use the word “apartheid” to describe relations between Jews and Arabs within the country... |
| | “I would not call it apartheid,” Mansour Abbas said in response to a question at an online event organized by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a D.C-based think tank. He noted that he was in the coalition and could join the government itself if he wanted to. | | “I would not call it apartheid,” Mansour Abbas said in response to a question at an online event organized by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a D.C-based think tank. He noted that he was in the coalition and could join the government itself if he wanted to. |
| − | "I prefer to describe the reality in objective ways,” he added, according to the English translation of his remarks, which he delivered in Hebrew. “If there is discrimination in a certain field, then we will say that there is discrimination in that specific field.”</blockquote></ref> Nansour Abbas, eventhough, he is no moderate but has been a pro [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://www.inn.co.il/news/540327 A new study claims: Mansour Abbas advises Hamas to continue the struggle], Channel 7, Feb 7, 2022.<blockquote> | + | "I prefer to describe the reality in objective ways,” he added, according to the English translation of his remarks, which he delivered in Hebrew. “If there is discrimination in a certain field, then we will say that there is discrimination in that specific field.”</blockquote></ref> Nansour Abbas, eventhough, he is no moderate but has been pro [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://www.inn.co.il/news/540327 A new study claims: Mansour Abbas advises Hamas to continue the struggle], Channel 7, Feb 7, 2022.<blockquote> |
| | A new study claims that Mansour Abbas advised the Hamas leadership to adhere to the plan of action against Israel and the struggle by all means as a national asset.</blockquote></ref> | | A new study claims that Mansour Abbas advised the Hamas leadership to adhere to the plan of action against Israel and the struggle by all means as a national asset.</blockquote></ref> |
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