The following is a translation of an article which appeared on Haaretz’s Web site on August 3, 2010:
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin: There are Members of Knesset who attach a brand of Apartheid State to Israel
By Jonathan Liss
Knesset Speaker said to Foreign Ministry cadets that these trends in the Knesset must be exterminated completely, “not on behalf of specific minorities but on behalf of the State of Israel.”
Knesset Speaker: The public as well are attaching a global image of Israel as an Apartheid State.”
The Knesset Speaker added that these MKs, “create an inappropriate discourse between Jews and Arabs in the Knesset, that also has consequences for the existing conflict in Israeli society.” He emphasized that we must exterminate these trends from the Knesset, “not on behalf of specific minorities but on behalf of the State of Israel.”
Rivlin continued saying, “when typical advocates for peace are discussing an agreement and this evening about the “demographic threat,” they create the impression that anyone who is not Jewish is a threat, and thus deepening the conflict between Jewish and Arabs. This is unacceptable terminology in a Democracy.”
