Can the United Arab Emirates change Israeli politics from within? | New Israel-Palestine Conflict
Seeing the political drama surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu output, The novelty of Israeli politics disappeared almost in the background: for the first time in Israeli history in Mansour Abbas United Arab List (Ra’am) became part of a coalition government.
However, Ra’am has a hard time working to draw attention to the Palestinian electorate and walk the fine line between being a sensible partner of Israel’s far right.
Although the Palestinians make up nearly 20% of the Israeli population, the voice of the minority has traditionally been left out of the decision-making process.