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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
The day Mansour Abbas told Israeli Arabs to accept Israel as a Jewish state
2021-12-25
[IsraelTimes] If Abbas' message gets through to the right people, then Israel's Jews and Arabs might just get their acts together to work to improve things for everyone.

These days, Mansour Abbas never fails to surprise. The leader of the Islamist party in Israel,
...the Ra’am party is the party of the Islamic Movement - Southern Branch, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel. They split from their Arab-Israeli brother parties to join Naftali Bennett’s coalition ruling Israel, an unexpected choice...
historically seen as sitting on the more extreme side of the Arab parties in Israel, has now made a very clear statement calling on Israeli Arabs to accept the reality and legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish state. His statement reflects a pragmatic approach to Israeli society and politics that first emerged in his historic decision to join the governing coalition headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Much attention then was appropriately paid to the fact that for the first time in the history of Israel, an Arab political party is part of the governing coalition, indeed not only a part, but a key to the formation and survival of this government. It was seen as an indicator and a catalyst from the Jewish side for improved Jewish-Arab relations within Israeli society.
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