A member of Israel’s Cabinet came out in favor of having an Israeli Arab legislator sit on a key Knesset committee dealing with security. “It is not a simple matter, but 51 years after the establishment of the state, the time has come to break this taboo,” Haim Ramon said Wednesday. “In my opinion, there is presently no security problem in including an Arab legislator on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.”
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