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Reality has shifted a lot over the past year. Our social dynamics might never again be the same following the Coronavirus crisis. And now we have an avowed Zionist (some say anti-Arab racist) Israeli prime minister being supported by an ever growing number of Arab voters.
What in the world is going on?
If you had asked anyone just two years ago to list Benjamin Netanyahu’s strengths and achievements as prime minister, most would not have listed among them the fostering of closer Jewish-Arab relations.
In fact, Netanyahu has for years been maligned as an unrepentant racist who oversees a government that systematically discriminates against Israel’s Arab population and oppresses their Palestinian brothers in the West Bank and Gaza.
Netanyahu Courts Arab Voters; Nazareth Mayor: We Support You!
Polls suggest Israeli Arab voters flocking to Likud, other “Zionist” parties ahead of March election
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Who woulda thought? Benjamin Netanyahu, the accused “racist,” is successfully attracting Arab votes for his Likud party ahead of Israel’s national election on March 23.
If all you do is listen to the mainstream media, you might’ve walked away with the impression that Bibi oversees an “apartheid” regime that Arabs want nothing more than to overthrow.
Because that is the prevailing perception, it was with some mockery that the media reported on Netanyahu’s campaign to court Arab voters, in particular his visit on Wednesday to Nazareth.