Saturday, December 5, 2015

Banned Islamic leader: Netanyahu pushing region to religious war 

Sheikh Raed Salah warns that outlawing of Islamic Movement is a prelude to wider assault on Palestinian rights 
Salah addresses Arab Israeli demonstrators gathering on 28 November (AFP)

Leader of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, after his conviction on 27 October, 2015 (AFP)
Middle East Eye

Jonathan Cook's pictureJonathan Cook-Saturday 5 December 2015
UMM AL-FAHM, Israel - In the tangle of back streets in the city of Umm al-Fahm, the three-storey building that until recently housed the headquarters of the northern Islamic Movement stands dark and empty, its front-door padlocked shut.