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Rightist MK whisked out of poll in Arab city after violent protest
By Yoav Stern and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel Elections, Israel News 

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Police whisked rightist MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) away from Umm al-Fahm Tuesday after protestors tore down the fence of a polling station in the Israeli Arab city that he was overseeing.

Five Israeli Arabs were arrested after throwing stones and scuffling with police during the incident.
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Eldad was to replace fellow far-rightist Baruch Marzel, who was denied entry into the town by police earlier on Tuesday after intelligence indicated that unrest was likely if he had been permitted to oversee the voting station.

As a large police detail accompanied Eldad into the school in which the poll was held earlier Tuesday, demonstrators shouted "murderer!" at him.

The Northern District police chief decided Tuesday to ban Marzel from entering the Israeli-Arab city of Umm al-Fahm to oversee its polling station.

Major General Shimon Koren's decision came after intelligence warnings of a threat to the safety of the public should Marzel be allowed to supervise the voting.

Dozens of residents of the city and surrounding communities had gathered earlier Monday to block the entrances to the city in protest against the extremist's appointment to the local election committee.

"We're coming to condemn this racism and fascism," Army Radio quoted one of the protestors as saying. "We want to live in peace, but we won't let any racist pass through Umm al-Fahm. He won't get into our home."

Police had told civic leaders over the past two days that they would not be able to prevent Marzel from coming to town.

"They can only keep him away once he enters the city itself, if indeed there are disturbances of the peace," city councilman Raja Agbariyeh, who also serves as head of the Sons of the Land movement, told Haaretz Monday.

"Marzel will not enter in here. We welcome any other Jewish person who does not want to expel us," he also said.

On Friday, Central Election Committee chairman Justice Eliezer Rivlin denied Attorney General Menachem Mazuz's request to remove Marzel from the committee due to fears that his presence might spark violence.

Sources on the Central Election Committee Monday said the police and Mazuz had wrongly placed responsibility for public order in Umm al-Fahm at the committee's doorstep.


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      1.   so now a Jew 08:58  |  Andyboy 10/02/09
      2.   This is a democracy? 09:00  |  Levi 10/02/09
      3.   Um El Fahem above the law 09:03  |  Nora 10/02/09
      4.   Safety and Sanctity of the Poll is Paramount 09:12  |  binny 10/02/09
      5.   threat of Arab-Israeli violence stops democratic process? 09:13  |  Chaim 10/02/09
      6.   Arab violence pays 09:29  |  Dani 10/02/09
      7.   Political Statements and the Law 09:31  |  Joel 10/02/09
      8.   Common sense has prevailed 09:39  |  sh 10/02/09
      9.   Marzel banned 09:45  |  DT 10/02/09
      10.   That is an anti-democratic action .. SHAME ON THE POLICE 09:47  |  Avi 10/02/09
      11.   what`s SO extreme? 09:56  |  fa 10/02/09
      12.   Anyone remembers last Yom Kippurim in Acco? 09:58  |  Father Emanuel 10/02/09
      13.   # 2 no chaim, read what binny has said in post # 1 10:17  |  eric 10/02/09
      14.   Extremists block the `extremist` 10:19  |  Ilan 10/02/09
      15.   Should have let him go 10:28  |  Ari ben Yisrael 10/02/09
      16.   Police can ban `far-leftist` Meretz next 10:32  |  10/02/09
      17.   #3 10:36  |  j10 10/02/09
      18.   Yes Father Emanuel 11:04  |  Heimi. 10/02/09
      19.   all of this was ofcourse totally predictable 11:07  |  rm 10/02/09
      20.   Marzel has reason to be a so called `extremist`. 11:35  |  Yosef 10/02/09
      21.   # 14 ilan 12:02  |  Axel 10/02/09
      22.   Provocative 12:15  |  Ben Azzai 10/02/09
      23.   Personna non grata... 12:19  |  Palestinian Brit 10/02/09
      24.   "Marzel will not enter in here. We welcome any other Jewish pers 12:26  |  ramin 10/02/09
      25.   Where have you been the last 40 years, "j10"? 12:42  |  Murray 10/02/09
      26.   It is a democracy, throw the protesters in the sea 12:47  |  Danny 10/02/09
      27.   One rabid dog instead of another... 12:56  |  Esther 10/02/09
      28.   Will we allow Dr. Tibi to sit at a west J`lem polling station?! 13:00  |  Esther 10/02/09
      29.   easy solution: close those polling stations and bus the arabs 13:04  |  disgusted american 10/02/09
      30.   Marzel is bloody fascist 13:10  |  Zeev 10/02/09
      31.   #22 Pal Brit....which is why Israel built a wall 13:21  |  Lynn 10/02/09
      32.   ... out Arab city? in Israel? May be Lieberman right? 13:23  |  17 10/02/09
      33.   A disgrace! But Lieberman will most likely soon be head of 13:29  |  martin knopfman 10/02/09
      34.   #22 PalBrit - you lived apparently too long in Muslim society 13:31  |  17 10/02/09
      35.   sad state of affairs in this country 13:38  |  eric 10/02/09
      36.   Andyboy #1... there should be evenhandedness... 13:55  |  Esther 10/02/09
      37.   Amazing how people fit their response according to Ideology 13:57  |  AA 10/02/09
      38.   To all those who are weeping over democracy `defiled`... 14:10  |  Esther 10/02/09
      39.   # 23 Pal lol then move 14:11  |  petra 10/02/09
      40.   The Police told the crowd what to do to have Eldad removed 14:16  |  Avi 10/02/09
      41.   The law should be enforced! 14:26  |  Apa 10/02/09
      42.   This reinforces Avigdor Lieberman`s point of view 14:27  |  Avi 10/02/09
      43.   Arab at my polling station? who knows? 14:31  |  Ilan 10/02/09
      44.   Esther: Dr Tibi???? 14:42  |  Ilan 10/02/09
      45.   Um el fahm 15:05  |  Joe 10/02/09
      46.   "KKK LEADER OVERSEEING HARLEM BOOTH" 15:15  |  Danny 10/02/09
      47.   Cooler heads prevailed 15:18  |  David 10/02/09
      48.   racism and fascism? 15:28  |  chip 10/02/09
      49.   Costly misused / anti democratic absurdity 16:53  |  H.H.M 10/02/09
      50.   Lynn - wall on Palestinian land... 17:18  |  Palestinian Brit 10/02/09
      51.   Marlene. the BNF party in the UK 17:22  |  Palestinian Brit 10/02/09
      52.   Ballot-stuffing? 17:22  |  Jackie 10/02/09
      53.   The law stops here 17:26  |  Nora 10/02/09
      54.   Oblivious to obvious discrimination 17:51  |  Basil 10/02/09
      55.   Democracy? 17:52  |  howiej 10/02/09
      56.   AA - yes it is, and no it isn`t 18:14  |  Mark Lincoln 10/02/09
      57.   Umm al-Fahm Judenrein:part 1 18:59  |  Arie 10/02/09
      58.   nora 3 19:31  |  potobac 10/02/09
      59.   Poetic justice? 21:08  |  Pablo B 10/02/09
      60.   Police Acts Illegal 23:44  |  Baruch Gold 10/02/09
      61.   Why pay 1000 policemen for nothing? 03:04  |  KM 11/02/09
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