Article: Demand for Arabic in Tel Aviv city council sparks furor

Compiled by Miriam Bulwar David-Hay
Jerusalem Post
01-23-2009
Headline: Demand for Arabic in Tel Aviv city council sparks furor
Byline: Compiled by Miriam Bulwar David-Hay
Edition; Metro Israel
Section: News
Page: 04

Friday, January 23, 2009 -- TEL AVIV

A demand by recently elected Tel Aviv councilor Omar Siksik that Arabic be used in spoken and written communications at City Hall has aroused the ire of Knesset member and Tel Aviv resident Limor Livnat (Likud), among others, reports www.mynet.co.il. Livnat, who has been working in recent months to introduce a law that would make Hebrew the sole official language of Israel, branded the demand as "provocation" and said that Siksik was trying to ...

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