Probe launched into threats against MK El-Sana

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Anonymous callers threaten Arab lawmaker: 'We’ll kill you like we killed Rabin.' El-Sana charges that in current crisis situation, Jewish public using Arabs as scapegoat ‘like in Germany when Nazis rose to power’

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284471,00.html

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"Chairman of the United Arab List-Ta’al MK Taleb el-Sana requested Monday that the Knesset security administration investigate threats against his life, apparently by extremist Jewish elements. The anonymous warnings included such statements as, “Your end is near,” “We will murder you like we murdered Rabin,” and “Your place is not in the Knesset but under the ground.”

In a conversation with Ynet, el-Sana sounded extremely concerned. “This is a dangerous phenomenon. According to what we see here, people think they can argue with whoever disagrees with the war and that the Arabs are a fifth column. The attempt to criminalize those with other opinions is dangerous, and is a short cry from fascism.”

El-Sana said he received threats after an exchange of words in the Knesset with Defense Minister Amir Peretz. “During his speech I received a phone call from an unidentified number and they started to threaten and curse me. I hung up, but the same person called my assistants again and again,” he said.

According to el-Sana’s claims, numerous faxes were sent to his office bearing slogans such as: “Fifth column,” “Traitors,” “To the gallows,” and “We’ll demolish you.”

“These are all the same slogans familiar to us from Right-wing politicians, and therefore I filed a complaint with Knesset security and they opened an investigation,” he said."