Israeli Arabs strike over Islamic Movement ban

Authorities also froze the group’s bank accounts and the government said activists could be subject to arrest if they violate the ban.

“Nowadays words have more meaning than ever”, said security cabinet minister Zev Elkin, accusing the northern branch of “creating an atmosphere of hatred of Israel”. Arab leaders condemned the decision.

“Netanyahu wants to rebrand the conflict as a religious conflict”, Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List faction in the Israeli parliament, said in a speech.

“Issuing a statement on Facebook, Sikkuy said they “.condemn wholeheartedly the decision of the Government of Israel to ban the Northern Islamic movement.

Founded in the 1970s, the Islamic Movement of Israel was a political party that called for the establishment of a Palestinian state with Islamic principles. In 1996 the faction split in two-the Islamic Movement of Northern Israel and the Islamic Movement of Southern Israel. University of Haifa’s Sammy Smooha said the ban would cause “friction and resistance” while Northwestern University’s Elie Rekhess, a leading expert on Israel’s Arabs, has said the move would lead to “growing unity within the Arab political elites” pulling together the various ideological streams.

The violence has been fueled by Palestinian allegations – denied by Israel – of a government plot to erode Muslim control of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque complex, which Jews revere as vestige of their biblical temples.

In 2013 Salah again faced legal sanction for “incitement”, on charges of claiming Israel was altering the status quo of the Noble Sanctuary. The group’s leaders, known for their fiery rhetoric, have spearheaded accusations that Israel is plotting to take over a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem. His appeal was rejected by the Israeli supreme court last month. In a background briefing released to media, Israeli identified five other directors of the group as alleged agitators.

Regarding this, the Obama administration has already shown its frustration over Netanyahu promising Israeli voters there wouldn’t be a Palestinian state if he was reelected, and went on the air election day to warn people that massive numbers of Arab voters were coming out to vote.

Jerusalem Post reported in January 2015 that there has been a 92 percent increase in Jewish visits to al-Aqsa since 2009.

Netanyahu is among those who find no excuse for Islamic terror.

Palestinian attacks, mainly stabbings, have killed 14 Israelis, and at least 83 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including 51 Israel alleges were involved in assaults.

Clashes broke out at the site over several days in September. The majority of the Israeli political parties support this action as part of the Israeli national consensus, indicating the diminishing margins of the Israeli society and providing additional proof that Israel as the Jewish and democratic state is a lie; it is democracy only for the Jews and even this is not taken for granted any more, with the increasing power and influence of the fascist groups in the Israeli Jewish society.