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VOA NEWS: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER DISAGREES WITH COMMENTS ABOUT ISRAEL'S ARABS
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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November 6, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he disagrees with comments by his new Cabinet minister that Israel's Arab citizens should be separated from the Jewish majority.
Mr. Olmert said Sunday he supports equal rights for Israel's Arab citizens.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israeli Arabs should be separated from the Jewish majority using the model of Cyprus, an ethnically-divided island.
In an interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper, the ultranationalist politician described Israel's Arab minority as a "problem".
He said the best way to ...