An informal poll aired Thursday evening on Channel 14's 'Patriots' program found that 96% of participants believe MK Gadi Eisenkot's comparison between Arab-Israeli activist Yosef Haddad and Islamist politician Mansour Abbas is racist, according to program host Yinon Magal. The poll follows a public exchange in which Haddad rejected Eisenkot's comparison, accusing him of equating them solely on the basis of shared Arab identity.
An informal poll aired Thursday night on Channel 14's 'Patriots' program found that 96% of viewers consider MK Gadi Eisenkot's comparison between Arab-Israeli activist Yosef Haddad and former Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas to be racist. The poll, published by host Yinon Magal, is the latest in a series of audience surveys conducted on the program. It follows a public dispute that escalated Thursday after Eisenkot, in a televised interview, lumped Haddad and Abbas together as part of Prime Minister Netanyahu's 'divide and rule' strategy. Haddad, a wounded Golani veteran and pro-Israel activist, sharply rejected the comparison, accusing Eisenkot of reducing him to his Arab identity. Abbas, who heads the Islamist Ra'am party, has been a coalition partner in past governments. The program's polls are informal and not scientifically representative.
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