Netanyahu would like to appoint an Arab candidate for Knesset
This interesting quest comes following news of the positive view in the Arabic community on the accords signed between Israel and UAE:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seriously seeking an Israeli-Arab candidate to appoint to the Likud list, a senior campaign source said on Thursday.This is definitely amazing, and it gives positive signs for the future. Interestingly enough, one Arab MK who at least until recently was part of the Joint List now appears to be siding with Netanyahu is Mansour Abbas. We'll see what happens in the next 3 months.
Netanyahu responded positively to a question on the matter during his visit to a medical center in the Arab town of Tira, and the campaign source confirmed that Likud is looking for someone.
“We are strongly considering an Arab candidate,” the source said.
The move comes in light of strong Israeli Arab support for the Abraham Accords – Israel’s normalization and peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco – contrasting with the Joint List, the bloc of Arab parties in the Knesset, voting against those agreements.
Labels: Africa, Asia, Israel, Israeli Arabs, Knesset, UAE, United States
