"I remind that the Nazis came to power in a democratic way. So we have to be careful among us, be careful that extremists with a messianic view do not take advantage of Israeli democracy in order to create a different governing reality here. "
—MK Yair Golan (Democratic Camp) warned in a radio interview today.*

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"Today, no one can shove the Arab public aside and ignore its existence. It's a very important community in Israel, one in which changes are constantly taking place. It's becoming more varied and more educated. We aren't satisfied with being part of the final product. We want to take part in the process of development, which will eventually benefit us, too."
--Former police commander and founder of the highly regarded Umm al-Fahm art gallery, Said Abu Shakra, said that the Arab parties'  performance in the most recent elections was a credit to the Arab public, not the politicians, and expressed his belief "in the power of culture and art to overcome humans' emotional obstacles."**

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"If anyone thought that responsibility and the good of the state would come first, and that Netanyahu would agree to step off the stage and let his party members, if not the residents of his country - return to normalcy, and go on with their lives, then that person has never seen a wounded animal."
--Yedioth's senior political commentator, Sima Kadmon, examines Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's words and actions yesterday upon receiving the mandate to form a government.*

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You Must Be Kidding #1: 
"We have been through a tough election campaign on all sides and for all sides. We need to unite the nation, to heal the rifts because we are facing three huge challenges."
--Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who led incitement against Arabs, left-wingers and the media, in his election campaign, called to heal the rift.***

You Must Be Kidding #2: 
Israeli Judge Miriam Kaslassy ordered the eviction Friday of the 18-member Sumreen family, who have been fighting for 30 years against the attempts by the Jewish National Fund to take ownership of their home, backed by the far-right settler group Elad. Judge Kaslassy accepted the JNF’s claim of ownership on the basis that two of the heirs of one of the family's deceased ancestors live in an ‘enemy country,’ and by Israeli law that gives Israel the right to take the home.**

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From 20% of the population, i.e. the Arab sector, are 60% of the murder victims from violent crime in Israel.**

You Must Be Kidding: 
The town of Mevasseret Zion is going ahead with plans to build a cemetery for its residents across the Green Line, even though the army is making this conditional on having armed civilian security guards at every funeral to be held there.**

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“The endorsement by the Joint Arab List of a Zionist party to form a government in Israel is a historic, formative and exciting event. Nothing less.”
—Maariv’s top (and conservative) political commentator, Ben Caspit, on the recommendation by the Arab Joint List for Benny Gantz to form the next government.*

"Of all the parties that came to the President yesterday, representatives of the Joint List were the most practical and restrained. The demands they made were reasonable: war on crime and homicides, ending demolition of houses, repealing laws that discriminate against their constituents. Netanyahu's response came quickly: The traitor Gantz conspired with the Arabs to destroy us.”
—Yedioth’s top political commentator, Nahum Barnea, on the recommendation by the Arab Joint List for Benny Gantz to form the next government.**

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"We must recover from the fantasy of subtracting the ultra-Orthodox and/or Arabs from Israel, and replace it with a vision of partnership. This isn’t idealism, it’s realpolitik. The only way to get out of the political dead end is to break the dichotomy at its foundation. If the right says no to the Arabs and the left says no to the Haredim, Gantz must say yes to both of them."
--Haaretz+ commentator Carolina Landsmann on forming a government.*

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"I suggest you make an exit now. This is the 90th minute. Your hourglass is almost out. These are the last moments where (Attorney General) Mendelblitt can make you a reasonable deal. If you don't do it now, you are taking a big gamble. Remember Olmert. He, too, thought it would not happen to him, but he went to Maasiyahu (prison). Do you want to go to Maasiyahu, Bibi? Sure, you'll have some quiet there, finally. I understand. But I don't think you’ll like the scent of Lysol or the kitchen duties. There is no sushi there, and the pasta isn’t great."
--Maariv's political commentator, Ben Caspit, writes what he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's deceased personal lawyer and friend would have advised Netanyahu following his election loss and the upcoming hearing on his corruption cases.*

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Quote of the day #2:
"The racism of the politicians kills us - we learned to live together, Arabs and Jews."
--Aida Husari, 52, from Shfaram town, who donated her kidney to a Jewish man. The Jewish man's original donor donated to Husari's sister-in-law.*

"Listen Abu Yair, incitement has a price."
--Following a high turnout of Arab voters and 12 seats for his party, Ayman Odeh, leader of the mostly Arab Joint List, rebuked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the father of Yair, for all his election campaign incitement against Arab citizens.**

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"Zionism began even before the establishment of the state, and demanded sovereignty and a national home for the Jewish people in its historical land. And now we are the most sovereign and the most nationalist in the most historic country, ours, but wait a moment, it's also the Arabs'."
--Poet and author, Yonatan Geffen, writes in Yedioth Ahronoth why he's voting for the Joint List.*

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You Must Be Kidding: 
"You are leading a double life.”
A husband asked for a divorce from his wife, accusing her of infidelity, after he discovered she had decided to vote for Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party and not Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party. he accused. **

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