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Thread #150703   Message #3634922
Posted By: MGM·Lion
20-Jun-14 - 10:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Small hope for Israel/Palestine
Subject: RE: BS: Small hope for Israel/Palestine
No, it isn't, actually. There are Arab members of the Knesset, like Jamal Zahalka*, some of whom have even been ministers -- tho probably none at present. But they are mainly members of the Jewish race, not the Jewish faith -- ie non-orthodox, non-practising, and probably several who are agnostic or atheist by persuasion. As usual, GregF, you are opening your exceptionally fat and loud mouth with extreme dogmatism on a topic on which you are just plain misinformed.

~M~

*Dr Jamal Zahalka (Arabic: جمال زحالقة‎, Hebrew: ג'מאל זחאלקה; born 11 January 1955) is an Israeli Arab who serves as a member of the Knesset representing the Balad party. He is a Balad party leader. Wikipedia -- read the full entry