Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has continued his
incitement campaign against Arab Israelis on social media by describing a
festival of solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which was organised in the
Galilee on Friday, as “a demonstration to support terrorism” and calling
the participants “traitors”, Arabs48 news website reported.On
his personal Facebook page, Lieberman went so far as to call for Israel
to put both the festival organisers and participants in prison.

Arabs48 quoted him Lieberman as saying: “Those who
participated on Friday in the festival to support the Palestinian people
in Gaza in the village of Kabul in the Galilee should celebrate for a
long time in prison on charges of treason and supporting terrorism,”
elaborating that: “The demonstrators, including Arab MKs, did not
demonstrate out of human solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, but
to express their support for the enemy who fought against Israel for
almost two months. Therefore, they must be treated as traitors just like
those who support any terrorist organisation. They must be tried and
granted a moment of silence, as they did in the demonstration, but this
time inside prison cells.”

He continued: “As for the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee, which
organised the festival, this is more proof for those who run the state
and turn a blind eye to the organisation, viewing it as a legitimate
body; we tell them that this is not the case. We are talking about
extremists who support the state’s enemies and holding dialogue with
them sends a negative message to Arab Israelis who are loyal to the
state, while sending a message of complicity to the extremists who
support a terrorist organisation.”