The U.S. is friends with dictatorial regimes, then invades places like Iraq and Afghanistan, and what happens afterwards is a catastrophe. In the place of their leaders, fundamentalist movements that use the name of Islam spring up, and all that's left is terror and bloodshed.
If America would really stand behind the two-state solution, they could make real pressure on Israel.
I was a member of the Haifa City Council when I was 23 years old, which made me the youngest city councilman in Israel.
Where there is law, and where there is government, there is security.
An Arab who works and pays taxes is good for everyone. An Arab who doesn't work and receives social security stipends is bad for everyone.
The Right everywhere in the world gains more by forming a security agenda while the Left gains from a social agenda.
Just as Jews in the U.S. joined Martin Luther King, I'm sure hundreds of thousands of Jews will join the struggle for civil equality in Israel.
If you believe you're a nation, then I accept you as a nation.
I flee from symbols. I think those who don't want to solve problems go to the symbols. I'm looking for content.
In reality, civil rights are more important than national rights. They're the content, the day-to-day: work, life. But people are sensitive to national rights.
I remember, I used to get off a bus, and if there was someone sitting in the station, I remember thinking maybe they were from Shin Bet and came for me.
My goal is that Jews feel safe in their country.
I do not put red lines on the Arab Palestinian nation.
I don't accept the Zionist idea.
I am an elected official; I was not elected by the Right.
Only the public that elected me can dismiss me.
If Jews don't come to Nazareth, Arabs don't go to Afula. There is fear on both sides.
The Palestinian people choose how to fight against the occupation.
Every nation has a flag.
Al-Aksa is a religious and national symbol.
