Former Labour Party leader: Netanyahu comments on Arab turnout 'horrendous'

Shelly Yachimovich, second on the Zionist Union list and former leader of the Labor Party, has slammed Netanyahu for his warning to voters over the high turnout of Arabs in the election.

Answering a question from a voter on Facebook, Yachimovich said: “No Western leader would dare utter such a racist comment. Imagine a prime minister/president in any democracy who would warn that his rule is in jeopardy because, e.g., ‘Black voters are coming in droves to the polling stations’ … Horrendous, isn’t it? In any case, I think what worries Bibi is that Israeli citizens are moving in droves to the ballots, and quite simply want to democratically topple him.”