Ayman Odeh

Just as Jews in the U.S. joined Martin Luther King, I'm sure hundreds of thousands of Jews will join the struggle for civil equality in Israel.

Israel cannot be a democracy if it occupies land of other people.

Only the public that elected me can dismiss me.

The al-Aqsa compound is occupied territory that, as per the status quo, is administered by the King of Jordan and the Muslim Waqf.

Arabs don't have to be the victims of the Jewish war between Lieberman and Netanyahu.

I am very wanted in my homeland. I am part of the scenery, part of the region. I resemble it.

We in the Joint List are living proof that Arabs and Jews refuse to be enemies.

Netanyahu personally is leading the campaign against the Arabs.

I remember, I used to get off a bus, and if there was someone sitting in the station, I remember thinking maybe they were from Shin Bet and came for me.

I believe that the U.S. is the strongest country in the whole world and the country that supports Israel the most. I believe that it has the strength to push Israel towards peace.

There can't be real peace without improving the integration of Arab society and making it part of the political game.

Israel made peace with Egypt, the largest Arab State. There are militant Islamists there, but there is also law. There are agreements and also defense arrangements there.