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The meeting was orchestrated by the chairman of the Local Government Center Haim Bibas – a member of Netanyahu s Likud party – in coordination with Mudar Younes, the chairman of the local Arab councils committee.
The pair wrote a letter to Netanyahu, requesting the advancement of legislation banning illegal weapons, outlawing criminal gangs, and allocation of funds that will go towards eliminating violence in Arab communities.
Meanwhile, Bibas is promoting a proposal to use 15 percent of the funds allocated to the development of Arab municipalities to establish programs for the same purpose.
On Wednesday, dozens protested Netanyahu’s visit to Nazareth, his third to an Arab city in two weeks. Protesters clashed with officers at the scene after they refused an order from the police to move the demonstration off the road and onto the sidewalk.