Israel’s Knesset held a stormy session Tuesday on Israeli Arab involvement in recent terrorist attacks. Likud Knesset member Yisrael Katz assailed the government for failing to crack down on those members of the Israeli Arab community who have allied themselves with Hamas. One Israel Knesset member Yossi Katz countered that while he did not mean to justify recent events, Israel’s prolonged neglect of the Arab population had created a climate of hardship that provides fertile soil for extremists’ recruiting efforts.
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