Arab party in government
Hello Rabbi Michi.
Do you think there is a problem with an Arab party being in a coalition and the government relying on its votes, as was the case with Bennett’s government, which relied on the Ra’am?
Is it less problematic when there is a coalition of 61 without an Arab party?
I felt that when the rabbi was the tipping point in the government as it has been so far, Arab nationalism increased. I would love to know the rabbi’s opinion on the matter.
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.
R’ Miki I suggest you listen to Dr. Mordechai Keider explain about Mansour Abbas.
According to him, Abbas speaks differently in Hebrew and Arabic, and apparently he has a dangerous ideology.
Ben Gvir and almost all the rabbis I know, speak differently when they speak to their flock and when they speak outside. Just as he describes about Ra”m, the Dossim here are also waiting for the opportunity to establish a Halacha state. How is that different? They are also waging civil jihad.
I say again that a person is tested by his practice and not by his theory and utopia. I did not learn anything new here. For some reason, the Arabs are fighting against him, and do not know what Kedar says that all Arabs understand, that he is waging civil jihad.
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