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Israeli Arabs see through Netanyahu's apology

Israeli Arabs are unimpressed by the apology of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his words during last year's election, sure that his apology video was directed at European ears.
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What caused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize this week for his infuriating statement on election day last year, that Arab voters were coming out "in droves" to the polls?

In a video clip that Netanyahu disseminated over the social networks, he explained in Hebrew and English to Arab Israelis that his election-day statement had been misunderstood, and that he had referred at the time to one specific Arab faction.

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