Official PA TV program Talk of the Hour, on the surge in Israeli Arab crime, hosting former Israeli Arab Parliament Member and Head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel Mohammad Barakeh. The committee is an extra-parliamentary umbrella organization that represents Arab citizens of Israel.
Official PA TV host: “You mentioned that the escalation in crime (i.e., among Israeli Arabs) stems from an [Israeli] governmental plan that has existed since the Al-Aqsa Intifada in October 2000, whose goal is dismantling the [Arab] public and distancing it from its central issue. To what extent is this plan a plan that passes from government to government, an Israeli political plan for more than 20 years?”
Head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and former Israeli MP Mohammad Barakeh: “Clearly it passes from government to government. Since 2000 there have been five or seven governments in Israel. There is a graph [of those killed] that is constantly on the rise, without connection to the ruling government. Under this government there is an awful increase. Last year there was [also] an increase compared to the previous years.”
[Official PA TV, Talk of the Hour, Sept. 8, 2023]