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Science, Culture and Sport Minister Ghaleb Majadele. (Tomer Appelbaum) Last update - 17:06 05/05/2008 Minister Majadele: Israel losing control over Arab sector's youth By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israeli Arab, Ghaleb Majadele  Science, Culture and Sport Minister Ghaleb Majadele, an Israeli Arab, warned on Monday that Israel is losing control over its Arab minority's youth. The Labor minister said that if the current situation continues whereby 54 percent of Israeli Arab children grow up in homes below the poverty line, "it will be very bad." "We will not be able to control the consequences. These [will be] undesirable consequences for a democratic regime," he added, speaking at a conference held by Tel Aviv University's Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation. Advertisement While Majadele did not detail what these consequences would be, he stated at the conference, titled "Arab youth in Israel - between possibility and danger," that he preferred for the struggle against the circumstances which would bring them about to be "legitimate, democratic and through maintenance of the law." Majadele is the first Arab government minister in Israeli history. With reference to upcoming Independence Day celebrations for Israel's 60th anniversary, on which date Palestinians mark Nakba day, Majadele said that, "It is not wise to tell the Arab public that there is no Nakba day." Late last week the Nazareth District Court had to intervene to allow the Islamic Movement to hold a memorial for the Nakba (the Palestinian term - "catastrophe" - for the establishment of the state of Israel) in Kafr Kana. According to the minister, only when there is equality for Israel's Arab citizens will the state be able to enter into a dialog on the subject with the minority. Nevertheless, Majadele maintained that the Israeli Arab public needs to respect the 60th anniversary celebrations. "We can say - I lost a home, but I built a better future," he said. "There is no contradiction between these statements." Related articles: Israeli Arab group proposes new 'multi-cultural' constitution Israeli Arab leader on Land Day: We'll fight Israel's 'rising fascism' Israeli Arab leader: Assassination of Arab figure 'matter of time' Bookmark to del.icio.us   Shimon goes green Peres says to fight terror Israel should reduce its dependence on oil. Voices of heroism IDF releases audio recordings from famed 1976 Entebbe raid.   1.   What he propose? 16:48  |  Peter 05/05/08   2.   He is right.. 16:59  |  Rami 05/05/08   3.   Arabs are poor so that gives them an excuse to revise history? 17:31  |  Simcha 05/05/08   4.   Democracy has its Duties and Rights 17:54  |  Buzaglow 05/05/08   5.   Poor because of too many children, non-working women, disloyalty 17:55  |  McQueen 05/05/08   6.   Israel losing control? 17:59  |  Fredy Ross 05/05/08   7.   Israel has lost youths of Sderot niot attending schools and he ba 18:38  |  Absolute Sweden 05/05/08   8.   # 2 Rami...I totally agree 18:53  |  Lynn 05/05/08   9.   There is no Nabqa to Israeli Arabs 19:08  |  Richard S 05/05/08   10.   to # 3: Completely irrelivant talkback 19:52  |  Rami 05/05/08   11.   to # 4 19:56  |  Rami 05/05/08   12.   Arabs in Israel should re locate 19:59  |  Yuseff Hudabar 05/05/08   13.   Richard S - 9 20:00  |  klas 05/05/08   14.   Why have contempt for the Arab? 20:04  |  Sarah 05/05/08   15.   Hezbolah sees them as a future fifth column 20:29  |  Realist 05/05/08   16.   Be aware of the fifth column. 20:31  |  Jean Van Daem 05/05/08   17.   The guy is an idiot 20:51  |  The Arab Hammer 05/05/08   18.   why realism is necessary 21:40  |  avram 05/05/08   19.   Rami 10 Learn English 22:38  |  Simcha 05/05/08   20.   they are already criminals 22:53  |  Oded 05/05/08   21.   Sure they are often poor 23:12  |  Natasha 05/05/08   22.   Simcha the failed philosopher 23:14  |  The Arab Hammer 05/05/08   23.   blind society 17:48  |  sick of all the lies 06/05/08

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