Where there are no people, be a human being

Professor Guy Hochman attacks Moshe Feiglin in an opinion piece, following a post in which Feiglin claimed that speaking Arabic should be banned in the public sphere. Hochman calls his statements racist and a statistical fallacy, and calls for civic responsibility to protect democracy.

Professor Guy Hochman, an expert in behavioral economics from Reichman University, writes an opinion piece in response to a post by Moshe Feiglin, a realistic candidate for the Knesset. Feiglin responded to an election ad by the Joint List in which an Arab pharmacist was forbidden from speaking Arabic at work. Feiglin wrote that Israeli Arabs are responsible for more than 20% of attacks and that the use of Arabic is a 'creeping conquest'. Hochman argues that this is a basic statistical fallacy and outright racism. He emphasizes that fear does not justify denying basic freedoms to millions of citizens, and calls for civic responsibility to protect democracy and equality. Hochman notes the paradox of the Law of Return, which grants rights to a person who has never lived in the country based on Jewish ancestry, while a native Arab citizen is required to repeatedly prove their belonging.

Where there are no people, be a human being