(Ha'aretz) - Yair Ettinger The Al-Ahali Arab-language daily, published independently in Sakhnin in the Galilee and distributed throughout Israel, called Tuesday on the Israeli Arab leadership "to deal seriously" with the growing involvement of Israeli Arabs in terror, following the recent arrest of six Israeli Arabs and the sentencing of five others on terror-related charges. "For how long will the Palestinian catastrophe continue under the shadow of various unrealistic and inhuman ways of thinking that provide Israel with excuses?" said an editorial, quoting figures released by the Shin Bet security service that show that 77 Israeli Arabs were involved in terror in 2002. "On the moral, political, and religious planes, is there any reason to kill civilians in terror attacks? With what right can a person bomb a coffee shop, school, or club in the name of Palestine?"
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