Pod Save America Hosts Call on Democrats to Cut All Israel Military Aid, No Longer Accept AIPAC Funding
Jews, Israelis Targeted in Austria Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents; Local Jewish Community Calls for Action
‘All of Our Strength’: Over 1,000 Pro-Israel Activists Gather in DC for Solidarity Conference
‘Devastated’: Wesley LePatner, Killed in Manhattan Mass Shooting, Was a Jewish Communal, Philanthropic Leader
Sen. Angus King Vows to No Longer Vote for Israel Military Aid Until Gaza Conditions Improve
Europe Won’t Pressure Israel to ‘Commit Suicide’ Amid Gaza Backlash, Palestinian State Push, Says Israeli FM
Israel’s National Soccer Coach Attacked in Athens Before Soccer Fans Chant ‘F–K Israel, Free Palestine’ at Match
New York Judge Sentences Neo-Nazi to 5 Years for Livestreaming Bomb Threats Against Jewish Hospitals
US Pressures Lebanon to Issue Cabinet Decision to Disarm Hezbollah Before Talks Continue
UK Plans to Recognize Palestinian State in September Unless Israel Meets Conditions, Starmer Says
New Arab Party to Address Arab Israelis Rather Than Palestinian Arabs
Error: Contact form not found.
by JNS.org
Israeli Knesset (parliament). Photo: wiki commons.
Arab public officials and activists have been working recently to establish a political party that will focus on Arab communities in Israel and their relationships with the government, rather than on promoting Palestinian Arab nationalism.
The party’s platform will be unlike the platforms of other existing Arab parties, such as the National Democratic Assembly, Ra’am-Ta’al and Hadash, which concentrate their efforts mainly on the claimed rights of Palestinians in the territories and criticizing Israel.
Senior Arab figures recently met with the council that heads the fledgling party to discuss the party’s platform, including issues of housing and employment that young Arab couples living in Israel face on a daily basis, and the rising rate of unemployment among the general Arab-Israeli populace.
“[Current] Arab MKs are interested only in matters pertaining to the Palestinians and events in Arab countries,” an Arab community representative and member of the new party’s council told Israel Hayom. “Officials elected by the public to the Knesset are more often found outside the country than in the streets of Arab villages and cities in Israel, and it’s time we changed that.”
