Of the 10 MKs from the Knesset's two Arab parties, only Walid Taha of the Ra'am party joined in.

Arab citizens of Israel have equal rights, including the right to serve in the government at the highest levels.

While Arab citizens of Israel have traditionally supported candidates from their own community, the tide appears to be shifting.

Arab lawmakers joined in the anti-Israel incitement over the decision to install metal detectors at the Temple Mount in the wake of a deadly terror attack.

'I say and repeat that there must be insubordination and rebellion against this law. No one must obey it.'

Despite Peres' tireless peacemaking efforts, the Arab Israeli leadership will not attend the funeral.

An Arab-Israeli lawmaker conceded that the Palestinian Arab leadership in 1947 should have accepted the UN partition plan for separate Jewish and Arab states in British-Mandate Palestine.