Israeli minister apologises for insulting Arabs...

An Israeli cabinet minister apologised on Wednesday after being caught by television cameras using a derogatory term for Arabs.

The remark by Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu Party during a meeting with police officers in Tel Aviv was broadcast by Israeli television and radio stations on Tuesday.

Aharonovitch, responding to an undercover police agent who apologised for his dirty clothes, said with a laugh: "What do you mean dirty? You look like a real 'Araboosh'", a derogatory term for an Arab in Hebrew slang. More...

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