Former MK Azmi Bishara
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Bishara calls claims ‘fabricated, dangerous’
Balad chairman accuses Israel of inventing allegations in attempt to weaken view of Arab leaders
Former MK Azmi Bishara accused Israel of fabricating recent allegations against him, in order to undermine the credibility of Arab leaders.
Allegations
Ron Ben Yishai
Details of former MK's investigation reveal tactics police resorted to in attempts to summon evasive Bishara for questioning. Investigators reveal Bishara's contacts with Hizbullah, say he recommended long-range rocket attacks would serve Hizbullah cause
In an interview with the Lebanon based Al-Akhbar newspaper, which is affiliated with Hizbullah, Bishara said, “The claims against me are fabricated and dangerous. They want to turn me into an informant instead of a political leader.”
“It proves that they (Israel) target whoever they want to take revenge on the most, to the point of willing to fabricate such dangerous claims.”
According to suspicions, Bishara contacted a Hizbullah official during last summer's war in Lebanon and handed him information on strategic locations in Israel in order to enable the Shiite organization to fire rockets at these destinations.
Bishara allegedly received hundreds of thousands of shekels in exchange for this information.
“The point of these allegations is to make the political and cultural leadership of the Palestinians in Israel look like security threats, so that no one in the Middle East or the West will believe that there are democratic Arabs, who mean what they say, who identify with the resistance, and its political and cultural actions,” Bishara said.
With regards to his return to Israel, Bishara said, “We are looking into the situation – how we’ll return, and when we’ll return. In any case, there are still no plans in that direction.”
