02.03.2012                      08.Adar. 5772

Innenpolitik:

Former judge backs Arab judge over Israeli anthem scandal

Former Vice President of the Haifa District Court and Religious-Zionist, Menachem Ne’eman, calls Joubran 'reaonsable', says it is obvious that Israeli Arabs cannot identify with the anthem.

Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran received support from an unlikely source Thursday, in the wake of criticism leveled at him for refusing to sing Israel’s national anthem at a public event.
Former Vice President of the Haifa District Court Menachem Ne’eman who is a member of the Religious-Zionist community and who served alongside Joubran, told Arutz Sheva that “we must remember that Israel has a 20 percent minority, and it is obvious that they cannot identify with the contents of the anthem”….