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Apr. 18, 2021 11:35 PM
Four foundational experiences influenced leadership and voting patterns among Israeli Arabs: Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, which Arabs call the Nakba; the bloody Land Day of 1976; the second intifada that began in 2000; and the Arab Spring uprisings that started in 2011.
After 1948, Israel’s Arab citizens were represented by clan leaders who operated through satellite parties (lists) of the Zionist parties. Many called this generation of leaders the “submissive generation.”
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