Israel is eager to work with Arabs abroad, but treats its Arab minorities as second-class citizens
While the same Netanyahu blasts Arabs at home, he appears to be in a perfect tune with other autocratic rulers of Arab states like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, all of whom tacitly or publicly express a necessity to normalise ties with Israel.
Israeli Arab politician Ayman Odeh casts his vote in Haifa, Israel on Sept. 17, 2019. Israel’s Arab coalition appears poised to emerge as the main opposition bloc following September polls. , which corresponds to eight million. More than 80 percent of them are Muslims and have a right to vote, according to the country’s legal system.
Netanyahu, the Likud Party leader and the country’s longest serving prime minister, has been facing the prospect of losing power after being unable to claim general elections in April. A snap second poll in September also failed to deliver him a victory and next month he will be trying for a third time to claim elections.
which could be useful to bring more votes to him in the upcoming elections by limiting the Joint List’s reach across Israel.
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