Brother of slain Druze cop decries ‘Jewish state’ bill
The brother of a Druze policeman who was killed earlier this month in an attempt to confront terrorists during an attack in Jerusalem spoke out against the controversial “Jewish state” bill being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Murat Saif, brother of policeman Zidan Saif who was killed in the Har Nof synagogue terror attack last week along with four rabbis, said he wouldn’t encourage Druze teens to enlist in the IDF because the bill seeks to legislate Israel’s Jewish status and would differentiate between “Druze and Jewish blood,” Israel Radio reported Thursday.
The mayor of Daliyat al-Carmel, a Druze village outside Haifa, was also quoted as saying that if signed into law, the bill would distance the Arab minority from its Israeli identity.
The remarks came after Netanyahu met with Druze community leaders on Wednesday and expressed condolences on the recent deaths of two Druze police officers: Zidan Saif and Border Police Chief Inspector Jedan Assad, who was killed earlier this month when a Palestinian terrorist drove his car into a crowd at a light rail station in Jerusalem.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/brother-of-slain-druze-cop-decries-jewish-state-bill/#ixzz3KGycUL2o
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