Opposition chairman Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) toured Arab towns and criticized the government’s plan to cancel 500 million shekels ($131.1 million) in planned funds for Arab towns.

Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a visit to the Arab town of Sakhnin in northern Israel.

Speaking in Tamra, Herzog said, “Peace, democracy and equality begin here in Tamra and Sakhnin.”

The move to reduce funding to Arab communities, he added, “is a clear example of racist disregard for the justified demand for equality and social justice.”