An illustrative image of solidarity at the workplace (fizkes; iStock at Getty Images)
The bloody clashes Israel has witnessed between Arab and Jewish citizens in the past week has triggered a flurry of response in the tech, business and healthcare world.
Leaders, both Jewish and Arab, from these sectors have issued statements expressing their commitment to a country that treats everyone equally under the law and calling for “healing Israeli society,” just as the nation has been largely cured from the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Tensions between Israel’s Jewish and Arab communities spiraled into mob violence in ethnically mixed communities over the past week, turning cities into veritable war zones, with police failing to contain the most serious internal unrest to grip the country in years.
Likud-supporting local leaders call on Saar to come back home
Moran Azulay |
Published: 04.16.21 , 14:55
A group of Likud-supporting local leaders on Friday sent a letter to New Hope Chairman Gideon Saar calling him to come back home to the ruling party. Likud has always been your home. You have a place in our hearts and we will accept you with open arms, they wrote. This is not the time to coronate a leftist government. The time has come to form a stable right-wing government for many years to come that will protect the Land of Israel and from the great challenges ahead of us.