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'Jewish Home' Party Against Arab Draft

Knesset member Yoni Chetboun opposes (clearly and repeatedly) the drafting of Israeli Arabs to the army: ''I don't want an Arab in IDF uniform.''
RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL - JANUARY 22:  (ISRAEL OUT) Supporters and activists of the Habayit Hayehudi party (The Jewish Home) react to the announcement of the first projections on the results of Israel's national elections at a post-election rally on January 22, 2013 in Ramat Gan, Israel.  Polls are predicting 12 seats of 120 in the Israeli parliament for the right-wing, religious party led by Naftali Bennett, with Israel seeing the highest turnout of voters since 1999.  (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images)
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When I ask new Knesset member Yoni Chetboun of the HaBayit HaYehudi party if he supports former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman's demand to impose the ultra-Orthodox draft law on Israeli Arabs as well, Chetboun manages to surprise me. Not only because he expresses a position that is the polar opposite of Liberman's, but mainly because of the way he chooses to tell it; the unaffected way he casually says, "I don't want an Arab in IDF uniform."

You surprised me. I was sure you would side with Liberman …

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