MK Tibi: Israeli Arabs not immigrants

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MK Ahmad Tibi dismissed Ayalon's remarks, saying that the deputy FM and his boss, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, "have a basic flaw in understanding the fundamental values of democracy and civil rights."

"We are not chess pawns. We did not arrive in the country on planes and we did not immigrate here," Tibi said. "We do not wish to expel anyone…but if someone wishes to expel us, I'll say this: Whoever got here last will be leaving first. That way, there will be fewer fascists in Israel."

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Hadash's Chairman, MK Mohammad Barakeh, also slammed Ayalon's remarks, suggesting that both him and Lieberman move to France and replace ultranationalist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.

"The French Le Pen is in ill health, and therefore he cannot keep on leading the fascists there," he said. "Perhaps it would be better for them to move there in order to continue his way."

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