Israeli Arab Imam Yearns to See Hizbullah Flag Over Israel
06:05 Jul 21, '06 / 25 Tammuz 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Eulogizing two Israeli Arab children killed in a Hizbullah rocket attack earlier in the week in Nazareth, a community imam spoke of the day when there will be “true peace” and the Hizbullah flag will fly over “Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran and Israel,” yearning for that day.
There was no anger at Hizbullah for causing the deaths of the children, but Nazareth’s mayor and other officials channeled their anger at Israel, blaming the IDF Homefront Command and others, charging government officials with neglect and discrimination, citing too few shelters in the Arab sector as the primary cause for the death of the two children.
Homefront officer Colonel Kuperberg on Thursday rejected the accusations, explaining the ratio of public shelters and safe rooms in the Israeli Arab, Druse and Jewish sectors remains the same. He went on to explain that it is true that in some Israeli Arab municipalities there are no air raid sirens, explaining that is the decision of community leaders.
Kuperberg expounded on his statement, adding that some Arab leaders would not permit the installation of the air raid siren apparatus since it also sounds on Holocaust Remembrance Day and Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. Since it is a package deal, the Arab leaders opted not to have the siren installed.