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Business Recorder
14 hours ago
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- Business Recorder
MP calls out lack of bomb shelters in Arab-Israeli communities
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Ayman Odeh, an Israeli member of parliament of Palestinian descent, accused the government on Sunday of failing to provide Arab-Israeli communities with enough shelters after an Iranian missile killed four people in the city of Tamra. 'The state, unfortunately, still distinguishes between blood and blood,' Odeh lamented on X, after touring the city of 37,000 predominantly Arab residents. A house there was destroyed by a missile launched by Iran overnight in response to Israel's unprecedented attacks on the Islamic republic's military and nuclear sites. 'Four civilians were killed yesterday: Manar al-Qassem Abu al-Hija Khatib (39), her two daughters Hala (13) and Shada (20), and their relative Manar Diab Khatib (41),' Odeh said, adding that 'dozens more' were wounded.
Arab News
a day ago
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- Arab News
MP calls out lack of bomb shelters in Arab-Israeli communities
JERUSALEM: Ayman Odeh, an Israeli member of parliament of Palestinian descent, accused the government on Sunday of failing to provide Arab-Israeli communities with enough shelters after an Iranian missile killed four people in the city of Tamra.'The state, unfortunately, still distinguishes between blood and blood,' Odeh lamented on X, after touring the city of 37,000 predominantly Arab residents.A house there was destroyed by a missile launched by Iran overnight in response to Israel's unprecedented attacks on the Islamic republic's military and nuclear sites.'Four civilians were killed yesterday: Manar Al-Qassem Abu Al-Hija Khatib (39), her two daughters Hala (13) and Shada (20), and their relative Manar Diab Khatib (41),' Odeh said, adding that 'dozens more' were and buildings were also damaged by the strike on the community in the Israeli region of Galilee, an AFP journalist at the scene reported.'Tamra is not a village. It is a city without public shelters,' Odeh said, adding that this was the case for 60 percent of 'local authorities' — the Israeli term for communities not officially registered as cities, many of which are are Palestinians who remained in what is now Israel after its creation in 1948, and represent about 20 percent of the country's community frequently professes to face discrimination from Israel's Jewish Israel and Iran engaged in their most intense confrontation ever, Odeh, a communist MP for over 10 years, warned of 'a threat of unprecedented destruction (that) will not distinguish' between Arabs and also accused the government of 'neglect' toward citizens of Palestinian descent.A video shared on social media Sunday night caused outrage after showing families apparently rejoicing in Hebrew as missiles fell on some Arab neighborhoods, missiles launched toward Israel have also been welcomed with joy, AFP journalists reported.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Odeh: Majority of both Israelis and Palestinians want war to end
A majority of both Israelis and Palestinians want the war to end, Hadash-Ta'al MK Ayman Odeh said at the Israel Bar Association annual conference in Eilat. A majority of both Israelis and Palestinians want the ongoing war to end, Hadash-Ta'al MK Ayman Odeh said on Wednesday at the Israel Bar Association annual conference in Eilat. 'When I saw the number 600 [days of war], I actually recalled the Six Day War,' Odeh said. 'Because back then, both in '48 and '67, one people went out happy and felt victorious, and another people felt defeated. 'But today, if you ask most Israeli citizens and most Palestinians, they will say they wish the days since October 7 had never happened. The majority on both sides does not want this situation,' he said. Odeh emphasized what he said was the futility of the bloody and prolonged war and the failure of the political leadership. 'What is the political achievement? Please tell me. There is none. Therefore, after this war, we must tell the right wing, 'Your path has failed. You have no vision, no direction.' This is the right thing to say, and it must be said in the clearest way possible.' In his remarks, the MK highlighted what he described as the human perspective he has maintained throughout: 'I do not want a single child, neither Jewish nor Palestinian, to be killed; that is the main thing. There are those who want me to see only one side; that will not happen. I will see both sides, the pain of the Israelis and the pain of the Palestinians.' Yair Golan also participated in the conference. The Democrats chairman created an uproar last week when he said, 'A sane country does not kill children as a hobby,' and was unable to deliver remarks at a conference in Beersheba on Tuesday due to heckling and protests. 'I have never spoken against IDF soldiers and never will. On the contrary, IDF soldiers, through their heroism, have already achieved an extraordinary accomplishment in May-June of last year. We completed the elimination of Hamas's military power, and a diplomatic move should have been built upon that to free the hostages and establish a broad regional agreement,' he said. Regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Golan said, 'Instead of fighting against lies and incitement, he amplifies them. This is organized incitement. The Israeli public must mobilize and push for early elections. Elections are the order of the day to save the country.' He added, 'A government that harms national security, crushes the economy, and tears society apart from within cannot continue to rule. It incites, divides, and turns good citizens into enemies. Netanyahu built his power on division; it is time to turn the page. 'We need a government that reconnects all parts of the nation, rehabilitates the Gaza border region and the North, addresses the economy and education, and sets new national goals instead of living in fear.'
News18
24-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
'You Killed 19,000 Children': Israeli MP Removed From Podium Over Gaza Remarks
Last Updated: At least 60 people were killed by the latest Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza's health ministry said Friday. Israeli MP Ayman Odeh was forcibly removed from the podium in the parliament after he denounced Israel's war in Gaza amid the rising death toll. 'After a year and a half in which you killed 19000 children, 53,000 residents, destroyed all the universities and the hospitals, you feel there is no political win, that's why you go crazy," he says before being removed from the podium. His speech created chaos in the parliament. A video shows the MP speaking in the parliament as others oppose. Moments later, he was removed from the podium. He kept speaking as he was being taken away. Meanwhile, in the latest update, at least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza's health ministry said Friday. The deceased include 10 people in the southern city of Khan Younis, four in the central town of Deir al-Balah and nine in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north, according to the Nasser, Al-Aqsa and Al-Ahli hospitals where the bodies were brought.
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Israeli opposition MP forcefully removed from podium after blasting Gaza war
Ayman Odeh, a member of the Arab-Jewish Hadash party, was forcefully removed from the podium in the Israeli parliament as he criticised Israel's war on Gaza and the mounting death toll
