Minister Amichai Eliyahu to the angry Touma-Suleiman - Look at the savagery in your villages
Knesset Speech - Amichai Eliyahu - January 6, 2026 Knesset Plenum – Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu Debate on Violence in Arab Society – January 2026 Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu: Mr. Chairman – Mr. Acting Chairman, my fellow Knesset members, while we're here clucking our tongues, Minister Ben-Gvir has just gone down south to restore some order — something the State of Israel has desperately needed for many years. In Arab society, there is violence — disproportionate violence compared to any other society or culture. Only — only — in places where there is a policy of moderate Islam , which is very firm against the barbarism growing in Arab society, only there is there quiet. Calls from the floor… Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (continuing): The terrorism in Arab society… Walid Al-Hawashla (Ra'am): … Chairman Nissim Vaturi: Walid Al-Hawashla, first warning. Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu: I'm sorry it bothers you, but th...