Published: 2 April 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
‘He’ll renege’: Gantz meets Abbas, urges him to not back Netanyahu coalition (Times of Israel)
Blue and White leader, who partnered Netanyahu in short-lived unity government, warns Ra’am leader and Naftali Bennett that the PM just wants to use them, won’t keep promises
Not the Occupation or the Nation-State law; Arab voters have different objectives (Haaretz)
There are more important issues for Mansour Abbas, and apparently for his voters. These issues aren’t in the political realm but in the realm of civil matters: a campaign against rampant violence in Arab society, a reform in planning and construction, jurisdiction boundaries, budgets and the recognition of unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev.
Perhaps the fact that he doesn’t wave the Palestinian flag doesn’t appeal only to his voters, but to his potential partners as well.
With Arab parties welcome, Israeli politics can change (Jewish Chronicle)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: Mansour Abbas is the kingmaker and the most unlikely candidate to change Israel’s political landscape
Rabbi Druckman: Right-wing cannot form government with Ra'am's support (Jerusalem Post)
Authoritative rabbi calls on New Hope leader Gidon Sa’ar to break vow not to sit in Netanyahu-led govt. and join the right-wing, religious bloc headed by Netanyahu
Police shoot dead mentally ill Arab man, say he charged at cops with knife (Times of Israel)
Man’s mother says she called cops to the scene for help; nonprofit reports 6 Arabs have been killed by police inside Israel since the beginning of 2021
Photo: An Arab-Israeli woman casts her ballot as she votes in Israel's national election at a polling station in Tamra (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
