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" The U.S. is friends with dictatorial regimes, then invades places like Iraq and Afghanistan, and what happens afterwards is a catastrophe. In the place of their leaders, fundamentalist movements that use the name of Islam spring up, and all that's left is terror and bloodshed. "

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" I was a member of the Haifa City Council when I was 23 years old, which made me the youngest city councilman in Israel. "

Ayman Odeh

Old

Years

" I flee from symbols. I think those who don't want to solve problems go to the symbols. I'm looking for content. "

" I agree with myself on 80 percent of things, but when I look at myself in the mirror in the morning, I still have inner debates about the right thing to do. "

" When I began my political career, I identified with Malcolm X. "

" The struggle for equality is really a struggle for democracy, and that's why it's a struggle for all the population. "

" 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. "

Ayman Odeh

Sitting

Someone

" I am not some intellectual hoping to be understood a century from now. I'm a political leader. I have to stand in front of my community. If I am a metre too far out in front of the people, I'll lose them. "

" Incitement and anti-Arab hatred increased significantly during the Gaza conflict. "

" I can argue like a Marxist about whether there was a global Jewish nation 200 years ago or whether it was just a religion. But this really doesn't matter. "

Ayman Odeh

Nation

I Can

" My goal is that Jews feel safe in their country. "

" Netanyahu personally is leading the campaign against the Arabs. "

" 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. "

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

" The Right everywhere in the world gains more by forming a security agenda while the Left gains from a social agenda. "

Ayman Odeh

Security

World

" Martin Luther King fought for blacks, and democratic whites were with him. "

" 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. "

" The Knesset members - Jews and Arabs - don't represent the state of Israel. The government is the one that represents the state of Israel officially. "

" Attacking innocent people is always obscene. "

" An Arab who works and pays taxes is good for everyone. An Arab who doesn't work and receives social security stipends is bad for everyone. "

" My people are from Haifa. "

Ayman Odeh

People

" If America would really stand behind the two-state solution, they could make real pressure on Israel. "

" Where there is law, and where there is government, there is security. "

" In reality, civil rights are more important than national rights. They're the content, the day-to-day: work, life. But people are sensitive to national rights. "

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