JERUSALEM: Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List – Ta'al), one of the most vocal critics of government policy in the Palestinian territories, evoked praise from his fellow lawmakers after delivering what Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin called “one of the best speeches he has ever heard in the plenum†about the Holocaust. During the parliament’s special session to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tibi said that the victims of the slaughter must be attentive to the suffering of others, a remark which hinted at the Palestinian casualties of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip last year. The full text of this article can be found at: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1145549.html ### * Jonathan Lis writes for Ha’aretz. This article is distributed by the Common Ground News Service (CGNews) with permission from Ha’aretz. Source: Ha’aretz, 27 January 2010, www.haaretz.com BM
