Why should the Anti-Defamation League condemn Lieberman?
• Avigdor Lieberman led the drive in Israel’s Central Election Committee to have Arab political parties banned from running in the most recent election, which passed successfully and was overturned only by the Israeli Supreme Court. (2) • He has called for the expulsion of Arab Members of the Knesset, threatening them that “a new administration will be established and then we will take care of you.” (3) • He has called for Arab citizens of Israel to sign an “oath of loyalty” to the state or be stripped of their citizenship. (4) His party has been very clear about what being “loyal” means: If you are an Arab student and dare come to school wearing a kefiyah, you are “disloyal.” (5) • Lieberman’s party said that if you are a Muslim Israeli and collect money and medicines for Gaza relief, you are “disloyal.” (6) If Lieberman’s plan is put into place, if you do not meet his standards of loyalty, you lose all the rights of a citizen; you lose the right to vote; and you lose the right to hav
