Arab Joint List Head Ayman Odeh denounced tonight’s (Sunday) attack near Gan Shmuel, in which four people were injured.
“I denounce this terrible attack on civilians and the very fact that there were children among the wounded breaks my heart,” said MK Odeh. “We are facing horrible days that the irresponsible and brutal government has brought upon us, but it is not and has never been our way. The responsibility for the terrible situation belongs to this government and its prime minister.”
He added that “We will continue to push for the right way in order to bring justice and peace to both peoples living in this land.”
The statement marks a change of tack from last Tuesday, when Odeh refused to speak out against the ubiquitous phenomenon of roadside terror in which Arab assailants hurl rocks at Jewish motorists.
“There is no doubt that the occupied nation has a right to fight the occupation within the 1967 borders. I do not place red lines before the Arab nation,” Odeh told Army Radio. “It is the one that will choose how to fight against the terror.”
He did say, however, that he does not support the use of military weapons in the struggle, and prefers what he termed a “popular struggle.”
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