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Attending the Seventh Eilat Media Conference, MK (Ra’am-Ta’al) Dr. Ahmed Tibi made no effort to hide his bias against residents of Yehuda and Shomron, i.e. “settlers”.

Hundreds of members of the media attended along with cabinet ministers, MKs, spokespersons, and PR professionals. Sitting on one of the panel discussions, Tibi learned that a young lady at his side attends Ariel University in Shomron. He immediately shouted at her to get away.

Earlier in the day, students that work with a local Ariel radio station tried to interview the MK, but he refused. They told him they attend journalism school that is an affiliate of Israel Radio, but he was uninterested for he saw “settlers” and there was no interview to be had.

To his credit, unlike most Jewish elected officials, Tibi does not play the game and he calls it as he sees it. He views the settlers and the enemy and repeatedly states until the yishuvim are uprooted there can be no peace. Jewish elected officials however prefer to bury their heads in the sand, explain away the terror and the PA (Palestinian Authority) educational curriculum teaching Arab children to hate Jews, as they continue to refer to the PA as “Israel’s peace partner” and Fatah leader Abu Mazen as “a moderate”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)