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Feiglin and the citizenship status of Israeli Arabs
This is in response to Shaulbehr's change of 18 March 2013, in which he deleted the statement in the first paragraph that Feiglin supports revoking the citizenship of Israeli Arabs, which Shaulbehr describes as "Correctly grossly inaccurate representation of Feiglin's views on Arab citizens of Israel."

The Feiglin quotes set forth below support the conclusion that Feiglin advocates revocation of Arab citizenship, with a few exceptions, as stated in my original entry.

"They [the Israeli Arabs] will never, never be fully equal citizens, in the national sense of the word.”

“Why should non-Jews have a say in the policy of a Jewish state?”

“Ahmad Tibi precisely defined the line that separates the Arabs who are invited to live with us here with mutual respect and all the human rights that they deserve, and those Arabs who will have to go.” "The Israeli needs the Arab to allow him to forget that he is a Jew. For if it is impossible to be an Israeli Arab, that means that only Jews can be Israeli, leaving us stuck with our old Jewish identity that we have tried so hard to escape.

“We are busy fighting for Yesha, and refuse to recognize the more dangerous front against the fifth column inside Israel.” "We established a state so that we could stop being different and start being normal. If only Jews can be Israelis, then we will never be normal. . . .The fundamental solution is leadership that is not looking for normalcy. The solution is leadership that emphasizes our Jewish identity. Paradoxically, it is only when the Arabs understand that the Israelis do not need them to help them forget that they are Jews - will we be able to live here in peace with non-Jews who unequivocally accept the fact that Israel is a Jewish state.

"Israeli citizenship will be granted to those non-Jews who have tied their fate to Israel and who have proven their loyalty to the State.”  Although the quote is in the context of what Israeli policy should be toward the Arabs who live in Judea, Samaria and Gaza after they are annexed by the Israeli state, there is no indication in any of Feiglin's statements that this principle should not also be applied to Arab citizens of Israel.

Unless Mr. Shaulbehr can come up with some evidence that Feiglin does not support citizenship revocation, I intend to revert, with the citations set forth above.