Activists from the
Coalition Against Racism in Israel demanded that Upper Nazareth Mayor Shimon
Gafsou should be "indicted for racist statements" after he sent a
letter to Interior Minister Eli Yishai claiming that Nazareth is full of
"Israel-hating residents whose place is in Gaza and not here." Mayor
of Jewish-Arab Upper Nazareth claims Arab-majority Nazareth is becoming "a
nest of terror in the heart of the Galilee, a center for the spread of hatred
of Israel that supports and backs every anti-Israel initiative."
(The protest held by Hadash on Saturday, November 17, 2012,
in Nazareth against deadly military operation in Gaza/Photo: Al Ittihad)
Gafsou accuses Nazareth mayor Ramez Jeraysi, a
leading member of the Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist
Party of Israel), of walking at the head a rally which protested deadly
Operation Pillar of Defense. "Our boys are fighting in Gaza and the mayor
of Nazareth, who is a member of Hadash, supports the terror group," he
said. "This is a grave matter." Gafsou said that the present
government in Nazareth is a "fifth column" and that the entire city
is turning into "a hotbed of terror within Israel, a center for
distributing hatred of Israel that supports and backs any anti-Israel group."
A protest was held by Hadash on Saturday,
November 17, 2012, in Nazareth where Hadash leader MK Mohammed Barake said
"I accuse the Israeli government for the spilling of both Israeli and
Palestinian blood, and I mourn victims on both sides. Civilians must be pulled
from the cycle of horror. [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu is mistaken if he
thinks the [Gaza] operation will bring quiet. This will not happen." 1500
participants took part in the Nazareth rally, both Jews and Arabs.
Related:
More protests
against deadly Gaza operation in Tel Aviv Nazareth and Haifa
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