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November 20, 2020

An Arab-Israeli Politician Has Taken a Definitive Step Away from Anti-Zionism. How Will Jewish Politicians Respond?

Is a socially conservative Muslim-Jewish alliance emerging?

In recent weeks, the Knesset member Mansour Abbas, the leader of the religiously conservative Islamic party Ra’am, has drawn increasingly close to Likud—to the ire of his colleagues in the Joint Arab List, a bloc consisting of several Arab parties. His actions and statements represent a dramatic rejection of the traditional Arab political attitude of permanent opposition to whichever party is in power. Criticizing those Israelis who would see this development through the narrow lens of their distaste for Benjamin Netanyahu, Michael Milshtein praises Abbas for his “principled” approach:

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