Opinion: Israeli cabinet must end its silence over racist attacks

Haaretz- The cabinet, led by the prime minister and the education minister, have been silent in the face of a series of racist incidents in Safed.

Carmiel Mayor Adi Eldar announced late last week that he was firing deputy mayor Oren Milstein, who allegedly made numerous deprecatory comments about the Arab residents of the northern town. Eldar did the right thing.

...Last month Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu issued a religious ruling prohibiting Jews from renting homes to Arabs in the center.

An emergency convention of 18 area rabbis and about 400 supporters issued a call voicing a similar sentiment. Milstein supported the convention. Eli Tzvieli, an 89-year-old Safed resident, received death threats after renting an apartment to Bedouin students. Read more