Run Mansour Run
Rami Simani attacks Mansour Abbas and the Arab parties in an opinion column, claiming they acted under false pretenses and that ties to Hamas were exposed. He states 'there are no Israeli Arabs, there are Palestinian Arabs' and expresses support for Lieberman against a government with Arab support.
Rami Simani, a columnist for ynet, sharply attacks Mansour Abbas and the Arab parties following the elections. The title 'Run Mansour Run' opens a sarcastic opinion column in which Simani claims that Abbas and the Arab parties sold the Israeli public a 'wide smile and moderate speech' but actually operate according to the Palestinian 'Tadreejiyya' strategy – pretense to gain advantage. Simani quotes Egyptian scholar Hamed Abd al-Samad saying 'Islam is a balloon of one big lie'. He claims the Arab parties dedicated their victory to the Palestinians, and that 'mysterious money transfers' and ties to Hamas were exposed. Simani states 'there are no Israeli Arabs, there are Palestinian Arabs', and expresses support for Avigdor Lieberman's position against a government with Arab support. The column concludes with the assertion that the Jews have 'woken up' and that the Arabs seek an 'Islamic caliphate'.