A BLACK FLAG!

When the racist Joerg Haider joined the Austrian government, the Israeli government recalled our ambassador from Vienna.

Now there is an intention to invite Avigdor Linerman, a racist much worse than Haider, to join the Israeli government itself.

The inclusion of Liberman in the government is not just a change in the coalition. It raises a black flag over the State of Israel.

The very idea that such a person, which such views, can be a member of the Government of Israel is shocking. It shames everyone who advocates it.

Liberman is a threat to the fabric of Israeli society, a threat to a whole sector of citizens, a threat to democracy, a threat to any chance for Israel to achieve peace with its neighbors.

The proposed law for the change of the regime, which has been introduced by Liberman in the Knesset, is not just a proposal for another change in the mechanism of government. It is the first step towards the establishment of a dictatorship, which will lead to national disaster.

This is a road of no return.

A cynical Prime Minister, out to save his skin, together with a gang of corrupt and/or stupid politicians, are helping Liberman to put his foot in the door of Israeli democracy.

Anyone who raises his hand in favor of Liberman and his proposals raises his hand against the State of Israel as defined by the Declaration of Independence, a state that was supposed to be democratic, peace-oriented, with equality for all its citizens.

Each of them will be remembered forever with shame.

GUSH SHALOM

972-3-5221732 - P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 - www.gush-shalom.org - info@gush-shalom.org

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October 17, 2006