Arab MK: Israel ‘robbery of century’

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Israel is the 20th century's greatest robbery, carried out in broad daylight, Arab Knesset member Azmi Bishara (National Democratic Assembly) told a Lebanese audience last week during a speech at an Arab book fair in Beirut.


"I will never recognize Zionism even if all Arabs do," he said. "I will never concede Palestine. The battle is still long."


Bishara, who recently launched his campaign for an additional term in the Knesset, left for Lebanon five days ago without consent from the Interior Ministry, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.


His harsh anti-Israel message at the fair was quoted by Lebanese newspaper As -Safir.


"The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is not a demographic dispute, but a national one," he said. "It's not the problem of 1.2 million Palestinians living in Israel. They are like all Arabs, only with Israeli citizenship forced upon them."


"We are the original residents of Palestine, not those who came from Poland and Russia," the MK added.

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