Atty-Gen Mazuz OKs Arab MK's Appearance on Hizbullah TV 00:22 Feb 07, '07 / 19 Shevat 5767 by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided that he would not prevent Knesset Member Azmi Bishara from appearing on Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV station.

MK Bishara, leader of the National Democratic Assembly (Balad) party, is planning to visit Lebanon in the near future. While there, he intends to take part in an interview with Al-Manar, which is owned and operated by the terrorist Hizbullah organization.

MK Israel Hasson (Israel Beiteinu) called on Mazuz to prevent the trip altogether, but Mazuz said on Monday that he sees no legal reason to do so. According to a letter from Mazuz's assistant, the attorney general will decide after the interview if Bishara can be charged with any crime based on what he says.

Bishara has often been accused of acting against Israel's interests, having repeatedly made public comments against Israel and having made more than one trip to enemy nations over the years. As of now, however, no serious legal consequences for such actions have jeopardized his parliamentary, criminal or civilian status.

Last September, Bishara and other Arab MKs traveled to Syria. There, Bishara warned Syrian President Bashar Assad of a possible Israeli attack. He also praised Assad for supporting the "liberation" of land from Israel and condemned Israel's response to Hizbullah's rocket attacks on northern Israel.

In June 2001, Bishara appeared alongside Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a memorial ceremony in Damascus for the late Syrian dictator Hafez Assad. In his public remarks at the time, Bishara called for a "united Arab nation" to come together against Israel. In 2000, during a speech in the Israeli Arab city of Umm El-Fahm, Bishara praised Hizbullah for "defeating and humiliating Israel."

With the left allowing such traitors to stay in the Knesset and even to meet and support the enemies of Israel, the only question is how long will Israel survive.