The picture that emerged last week during the debates in the Knesset plenum can be summed up in the sentence "An Arab MK against an Arab MK - and both have no authority to make a decision."
The chairman of Ra'am, MK Mansour Abbas, chaired the plenary session, and one by one MKs from the joint list came up, attacking the government, especially their competitors on the ballot, and the "Electricity Law," which allows those whose houses were built without a permit Get a connection to the national network under certain conditions.
This event is historic in Israeli politics and in Arab politics in particular, with an Arab MK representing the coalition and advocating for the law, and on the other hand another Arab MK, Dr. Ahmad Tibi in this case, representing opponents of the law.
Researchers and experts in political science and history will further investigate what is happening in the Knesset today with regard to Arab relations in the coalition and the opposition. This phenomenon is perhaps unique in the world, mainly due to the fact that the Arab Knesset members in the coalition do not belong to it or fully support it, and the Arab Knesset members in the opposition do not belong to it and even oppose it no less than their opposition to the government.
Three prominent political currents in Arab society in Israel today: the pragmatic current, led by Mansour Abbas, who says that the Arabs must abandon the national side, focus on the civic-economic side, and by joining the coalition promote Arab society; The second stream, represented by the joint list, is of elected officials who fight for national rights in parallel with civil rights and sometimes even before them, and no less - engrave on their banner the support for the Palestinian issue anytime and anywhere, and see themselves and voters as an integral part of the Palestinian people. Arabs in the State of Israel; The third current is the militant, those who ideologically oppose Knesset elections and prefer to focus on promoting Arab society through local authorities and third sector organizations, including the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, which was outlawed a few years ago and its heads were tried and imprisoned for years in Israel. Supporters and operators of Balad.
The political controversies cause a great and difficult division in Arab society. This is especially evident on social media, which is full of incitement by each group against the other, and I will not be surprised if the dispute turns into a physical confrontation, such as the attack on MK Abbas last year in the city of Umm al-Fahm.
It is precisely now that smart leadership is needed that will bring all Arab political elements in Israel into a state of dialogue instead of severe and wild mutual incitement, since harming one political leader or another will become a matter of time, and this must not be a realistic scenario.
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