Arab MK Talab A-Sana just walked off the set of the Knesset Channel news studio after the presenter said the channel was going to show a clip from the contraversial Fitna film. A-Sana was taking part in a debate on live Knesset TV with right wing MK Aryeh Eldad about the film. As the debate heated up, the presenter said he was hoping to show a clip from the documentary, at which point A-Sana got up and said that he would not sit in the studio if the movie was shown, got up and left, even before the decision to play the clip was made. Once A-Sana was gone, the presenter said, “since MK A-Sana left before the decision was made on whether to view the clip or not, we might as well watch the clip.”

This film and the reactions surrounding it have been a terribly sensitive issue all over the world. A-Sana said that if a similar movie about Jews would be shown Israelis and Jews would react the same way as Muslims are reacting to ‘Fitna’. And finally, the storm has been brought to Israel.

This from AP today:

JERUSALEM (AP) _ An Israeli lawmaker says a controversial Dutch legislator and filmmaker will speak at an upcoming Jerusalem conference on combatting radical Islam.

Geert Wilders’ film “Fitna” linked attacks by Islamic militants to texts from the Quran, Islam’s holy book. It sparked angry street protests in Muslim countries earlier this year and Jordan has informed Interpol he is wanted to face charges there.

The conference in December will be tailored to European legislators seeking to unite in opposition to militant Islam.

Ultranationalist Israeli lawmaker Arieh Eldad told a news conference Wednesday that the Europeans who would attend the gathering would represent the political mainstream in their countries and not the far-right.