Arab party in government

There is no problem. On the contrary, it is the order of the day. We must try to integrate the Arabs and ensure equality as much as possible, without contradicting the fact that problematic phenomena must be dealt with with a strong hand. The idea of ​​a stick without a carrot towards the Arabs does not work, and the voices that insist on it are wrong about it again and again. See column 149. I don’t know on what basis you felt what you felt. I, for example, felt completely the opposite. In my opinion, the phenomenon that Abbas, with his moderate and pragmatic messages and despite the difficult war being waged against him by the Joint List, receives a lot of votes in the Arab sector (repeatedly passing the threshold), against their general nationalist current. This is an encouraging phenomenon, that there is a large share of the Arab public that is not attached to the rampant nationalism of the Joint List. We are the first who should have encouraged him to cooperate with him. It is true that there were members of his party who were not as pragmatic as he, and that is a shame. Just like in Bennett’s party and Meretz. But Abbas marks the beginning of a very important process, and in my opinion it is very important to seize it and not give up. I hope that this beginning, which was naturally quite lame (because of the other members in these parties), will gain strength and strength in the future and get on the right track.