Head of Israeli Arab party Ayman Odeh admits Arabs are a "successful population" in Israel (video)

The best argument against Israel being a "racist state" has just come from one of Israel's most prominent Arab critics.

Ayman Odeh, the head of the main Israeli Arab political party, was interviewed on Israel's Channel 13 - and his words could easily be included in a Likud campaign commercial to attract Arab votes:

We... When I look at the Rambam Hospital I see that 31% of the doctors are Arabs.

In the (inaudible) hospital there are 15 departments, 8 of them are headed by Arabs.

When I look at the Technion I see that 23% of the male students are Arabs. 35% of the female students are Arabs.

When I look at the University of Haifa I see that 46% of the students are Arabs.

In high tech, in the last five years alone, there's an increase of 13%...1300% in participation of Arabs.

Do you understand? Do you understand what is happening?

We are a successful population! Successful!  

Most of these gains happened under Israel's "right wing" governments headed by that supposed racist, Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Odeh himself has called Israel an "apartheid" state.  Maybe he should debate himself.

(h/t Yoel)

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