Joint List Chairman Jabareen Slams Netanyahu as 'Wounded Animal'
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Yosef Jabareen, Chairman of the Joint List, fiercely criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Knesset speech, calling him a "wounded animal" filled with hatred. Jabareen presented the Joint List's willingness to form a Jewish-Arab front for equality and peace, aiming to remove Netanyahu from power. He also warned against incitement and violence, referencing recent attacks on Arab students and neighborhoods. The speech occurs amidst ongoing efforts to form a new government, with the Joint List having previously recommended Gadi Eisenkot.
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- Joint List Chairman Yosef Jabareen called Prime Minister Netanyahu a "wounded animal" in a harsh Knesset speech.
- Jabareen offered to form a Jewish-Arab front to promote equality, peace, and remove Netanyahu from power.
- He warned of dangerous incitement and violence, citing recent attacks on Arab students and neighborhoods.
- The speech occurred during efforts to form a new Israeli government.
- Jabareen recalled the Joint List's past role in preventing Netanyahu from gaining power in the 1990s.
Yosef Jabareen, Chairman of the Joint List, delivered a scathing speech in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, directly attacking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jabareen's remarks were a response to Netanyahu's speech the previous evening, which he characterized as the "voice of a wounded animal that has lost all restraint and brakes, a wounded animal dripping venom and hatred." He accused Netanyahu of harboring hatred towards the Arab public and his constituents.
Jabareen described Netanyahu's behavior as "hysterical," linking it to his past actions since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. He presented the Joint List's position ahead of efforts to form a new government, stating, "We want to extend a hand. To all proponents of equality, peace, and true democracy, we want to extend a hand to create a Jewish-Arab front that will also know how to bring Netanyahu down from that balcony."
Recalling the 1990s, Jabareen noted the Joint List's role as a "blocking bloc" that prevented Netanyahu, then opposition leader, from taking power, a period he described as advancing equality and peace. He asserted that such progress is possible again today. The Joint List's stated goals include serving as a "security net against the racist policies of recent years, against the policy of persecution, against the policy of discrimination in resource allocation."
Jabareen also warned of the dangers of incitement, citing a physical assault on Arab students from the Yanai school in Kfar Yasif and provocations by "Kahanists" against Arab neighborhoods in Lod. He called this "very dangerous bloodletting" that must end.
The speech comes amid political maneuvering for a new government. The Joint List had previously recommended Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister to widen the gap with Netanyahu. A meeting also took place between the Joint List leadership and Yair Golan, Chairman of the Democrats, to coordinate joint actions. The article also references an incident during the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset where Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir shouted at Jabareen, questioning his allegiance.
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