The deputy mayor of an Israeli city stepped down after coming out against the Lebanon war. Walid Hamis, an Israeli Arab, handed his resignation to Haifa’s mayor, Yona Yahav, on Monday upon learning that the municipal council planned to fire him to protest comments construed as supporting Hezbollah.
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