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Itamar Ben-Gvir Wishes Arab Lawmakers Would Leave Israel Forever
Extremist Israeli Member of the Knesset Itamar Ben-Gvir said he wished Arab lawmakers would leave Israel “without ever returning”, Anadolu news agency reported. Ben-Gvir is the head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party […]
Israeli Islamic Party Freezes Membership in Israeli Coalition Government
The southern Israeli Islamic party, Ra’am, decided on Sunday to freeze its membership in Israel’s coalition government in protest against Israeli aggression against Al Aqsa Mosque, the Middle East Monitor reported. This decision followed immense […]
Fatah Slams Mansour Abbas for Saying Israel is ‘Jewish State’
The Palestinian movement Fatah on Wednesday described remarks made by Arab Member of the Knesset Mansour Abbas about Israel’s Jewish identity as “cheap alignment with the Zionist narrative”. Fatah accused Abbas of “crossing all red […]
Israel Fails to Extend Controversial Family Reunification Law (VIDEO)
Members of the Israeli Knesset last night failed to pass the extension of the controversial family reunification law, which bans Palestinian citizens of Israel from bringing family members who live in the occupied West Bank […]
Shaked Gives Arab Party Ultimatum over Family Reunification Law
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has issued the head of the only Arab party in the country’s coalition government an ultimatum that if he does not support the extension of the controversial family reunification law, […]
In Joining the Coalition, Mansour Abbas Fragments the Palestinian Political Struggle
By Ramona Wadi When Palestinians face the prospect of the colonization of the last remaining shards of their land by Israel, the answer is surely not collaboration with the right-wing apartheid state. And yet this […]
WATCH: Chaos and Tensions as Israeli Knesset Votes on New Government
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in office are expected to end today as the Israeli parliament, Knesset, is scheduled to vote on a new government. Chaos and tensions at the Knesset session […]
Power at Any Cost: How Opportunistic Mansour Abbas Joined Hands with Avowed ‘Arab Killers’
By Ramzy Baroud We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel, following the formation of an ideologically diverse government coalition, which for the first time includes an Arab party, Ra’am, […]
Arab Party Suspends Coalition Talks following Israel’s Attack on Jerusalem
The chances of a new Israeli government replacing the far-right coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu has suffered a blow following the decision by the Ra’am Party to freeze contacts with Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh […]
Israeli President Tasks Netanyahu with Forming Government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government after the country’s fourth election in two years. Highlighting the ongoing division in the political circles in Israel, Rivlin said no […]
Kafkaesque Politics: The Missing Lessons from Israel’s Latest Elections
By Ramzy Baroud A ‘major setback’ was the recurring term in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s general elections of March 23. While this depiction specifically referred to Israeli Prime Minister […]
Yair Lapid Meets Mansour Abbas in Bid to Reach Coalition Agreement
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Sunday met with Head of the Ra’am Party Mansour Abbas to discuss forming a coalition government, Israeli media reported. Abbas, according to Ynet News, presented his movement’s demands to […]
Reports: Netanyahu Starts Contacts with Arab MK to Form Coalition Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has started contacts with Arab Israeli MK Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamic Movement’s southern branch, to form a new coalition government, Israeli media reported on Friday. “There is no […]
Ready to Work with Netanyahu: Mansour Abbas Splinters Arab Vote in Israel
By Ramzy Baroud At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted the Arab […]