Adalah boycotts forum due to presence of ex-police chief
Adalah will not take part in democracy conference in which former northern police chief Alik Ron is expected.
By Yoav Stern and Haaretz CorrespondentThe Israeli Arab advocacy organization Adalah will not participate in an upcoming conference organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in protest of the participation of retired Major General Alik Ron, who was the commander of the police's northern district during the October 2000 riots.
In a letter to the IDI sent Friday, Adalah demanded that its name be removed from the list of participants.
"Our agreement was never given to any representative of the Israel Democracy Institute to participate in any forum together with Alik Ron," the letter wrote.
The conference, which is entitled "The Arabs of Israel or Israel and the Arabs," is scheduled to be held on Tuesday. The aim of the conference is to examine relations between the state's Jewish and Arab citizens.
Among those scheduled to participate include Sakhnin mayor Mohammed Bashir, the head of Kfar Manda council, Mohammed Zidane, and the former director-general of the Prime Minister's Office, Yossi Kotzik.
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