Answering the call of the PLO Executive Committee, loyal Israeli Arabs declared a strike. That’s not a bad thing in itself, as Jews should refrain from hiring Arabs in the first place. The strike is total in the West Bank, which is kind of odd as the Palestinians are only harming themselves this way.
The strike cannot support Palestinian civilians who constitute barely 7 percent of the toll in Gaza. Israeli Arabs simply don’t want the Jews to defend the country against Hamas.
Arab MK Ahmed Tibi called Israeli actions in Gaza “war crimes.” We won’t care what an Arab MK is saying, but the response is instructive: nil. Neither the Knesset Committee on Ethics, nor the Attorney General threatened Tibi with sanctions as they routinely do to Jewish right-wingers who dare to criticize establishment figures.
A picture-perfect Israeli Arab named Majadle, a minister of science without a high school diploma, boycotted the government meeting in protest of the Gaza operation.
