Ayman Odeh, leading Arabs to success in Israeli Knesset

posted on: Mar 22, 2015

Jerusalem (AFP) – As the man who took the Arab Israeli parties to their single biggest election win of 13 seats, Ayman Odeh dreams of a bigger political future for his community.

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The 40-year-old lawyer on Tuesday won his first parliamentary seat at the head of the Arab Joint List — a bloc formed in response to a new Israeli law that upped the electoral threshold.

Before becoming the head of what has now become the third-largest alliance in the Knesset, Odeh told AFP he felt the weight of “great responsibility” on his shoulders since he represents the Arab Israeli community that makes up 20 percent of Israel’s population.

Source: news.yahoo.com