The state prosecutor’s office has announced it will not be moving ahead with criminal charges against Arab MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi for his statement in which he labeled yishuvim throughout Yehuda and Shomron “a cancerous growth”.

According to Assistant District Attorney Shai Nitzan, the MK’s statement is not a violation of the law that warrants opening a criminal investigation.

Nachi Eyal of the Eretz Yisrael Legal Forum released a statement in response to the decision, expressing his frustration over the fact that the “settlers are the only sector in Israel against whom one may state whatever one wishes without ramifications”.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)