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Why aren’t Palestinian citizens joining the anti-government protests?
Despite calls from political leaders, much of the Arab community in Israel feels the movement is not reflective of their deeper problems with the state.
By
Baker Zoubi
February 1, 2023
‘We survived Begin, Shamir, and Netanyahu. We’ll survive Ben Gvir too’
Despite Arab parties focusing their election campaigns on the threat of the far right, it is the Jewish center left who seem to be more afraid.
By
Baker Zoubi
November 28, 2022
Bennett’s coalition crisis puts Palestinian parties in a dilemma
Facing disgruntled voters and the threat of Netanyahu's return, the Joint List appears conflicted about whether to provide a lifeline to the government.
By
Wadea Awawdy
April 11, 2022
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Arab parties announce joint slate for upcoming election
In a bid to remain relevant with an increased electoral threshold, the three Arab parties and Communist party Hadash are to run on one list in the March 17 elections. In an unprecedented, historic move, Israel’s Arab parties Hadash, Balad, Ta’al and Ra’am announced late Thursday night that they will run on a joint slate…
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Mairav Zonszein
January 22, 2015
Arab parties likely to announce historic joint election slate in coming days
Islamists, Marxists, women and Jews: The Arab parties have done the seemingly impossible and are likely announce a united election slate in the coming days. By Yael Marom and Nadav Frankovich Israel’s Arab parties are expected to announce the formation of a combined election slate in the lead-up to the upcoming elections. The slate, which…
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+972 Magazine
January 22, 2015
Why won’t the Arab parties just unite already?
Raising the Knesset threshold was a game-changer, and now the Arab parties must find a way to unite in order to stay relevant. Will they put aside their egos and political differences for the sake of Israel’s Palestinian minority? A war of attrition has been declared on the Palestinian minority in Israel, in the wake…
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Samah Salaime
January 8, 2015
Asylum seekers to stay in prison while Israelis hit the polls
Human rights organizations pledge to challenge the latest iteration of the Prevention of Infiltration Law; new poll gives Livni and Labor a chance; Arab parties agree in principle to a joint list; High Court to hear Zoabi’s challenge to Knesset suspension. Before disbanding itself ahead of elections, the Knesset on Monday passed its third try…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
December 8, 2014
The agonies of being an Arab democrat in the Knesset
When establishing the Knesset’s Palestinian democratic party, the founders of Balad had to shift their discourse and terminology: from the liberation of Palestine and the establishment of one inclusive democratic state, to the reinvention of Israel as a democratic state, the party’s secretary general writes. But has such a shift paid off? By Awad Abdelfattah On…
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+972 Magazine
June 29, 2014
WATCH: Could the Knesset’s Arab parties unite?
The Knesset raised the election threshold earlier this month, which will have an adverse effect on the ability of most Arab parties to win seats in Israel’s parliament. What would happen if, in response, all of the Arab and non-Zionist parties unite and run on a joint list? Related: Knesset raises threshold to four seats,…
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Social TV
March 24, 2014
Racism, militarism and ultra-capitalism: The government’s real vision
Three major laws were passed in the Knesset this week: One against the Palestinians parties, the second against the ultra-Orthodox, and the third against the prospect of peace. Netanyahu’s coalition mobilized this week to pass its centerpiece legislation: the draft reform, the governance law and the referendum law. It’s not a coincidence that those three…
By
Noam Sheizaf
March 15, 2014
Where is the Palestinian candidate for Israel’s presidency?
When a minority consistently feels disenfranchised and excluded, it retreats from civil society. Now is the time to ensure that Israel’s Palestinian minority and its elected representatives no longer take that route – for the sake of all citizens. By Ilan Manor Following the shameful presidency of convicted rapist Moshe Katzav, most Israelis felt that only…
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+972 Magazine
February 6, 2014
Will surprising results stop a status-quo Netanyahu-led government?
Despite the surprising weakness of the Right-ultra-Orthodox bloc, the final result of the elections, according to exit polls, is still likely to be a status-quo Netanyahu-led government. Why? Because the big winner in this election, media personality Yair Lapid, is a vapid centrist who is likely to join Netanyahu’s coalition and make little noise on…
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Roi Maor
January 22, 2013
Israeli elections: Netanyahu scrapes by despite major blow in polls
With almost all the votes counted, it is clear that support for the prime minister’s party has collapsed, journalist Yair Lapid has led his new centrist party to second place and Meretz has doubled its strength. With roughly 98 percent of the votes cast in the Israel’s elections counted, Netanyahu’s Right-Orthodox bloc appears to have…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 22, 2013
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