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A recent survey conducted ahead of a possible fourth Israeli election in the past two years found, among other things, that a plurality of Arab voters would like their representatives in Knesset to cooperate more with the government, even if it’s a right-wing government.
Conducted by the
Midgam Institute on behalf of the
Israel Democracy Institute, the survey asked respondents whether or not they support the recent cooperation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Mansour Abbas, head of the
Ra’am faction (an Islamic party) within the Joint Arab List.
Surprisingly (or perhaps not so surprisingly – see below), 41 percent of Arab respondents said they support this cooperation, while just 34 percent said they oppose it. The remaining 25 percent said they did not know enough about the issue to answer.