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2022-08-30T22:05:18.609Z


According to internal surveys conducted among the Arab public, Ram's association with Eli Avidar brings potential voters from the sector to the ballot box and guarantees Ram and Avidar himself as members of the next Knesset. This is how he became a star in Arab society in Israel


Former minister Eli Avidar is conducting advanced talks with Prime Minister for a joint run in the next elections, in order to increase the "No Netanyahu" bloc.

Although the expected union between Lieberman's former member of the Knesset and the Islamic Party is far from ideological, it comes from a place of faith in the connection between the Arab public and the Jews.

Avidar, a former senior Israeli diplomat, born in Egypt, who speaks correct and eloquent Arabic, has become a star in Arab society in Israel since the Corona virus, following his appearances in the media and on social networks, where he spoke against vaccinations, and his harsh Arabic language statements against Benjamin Netanyahu.

During the Balfour protest he demonstrated in several Arab localities, and also in the Knesset he maintained special ties and ongoing dialogue with the Arab members of the Knesset.

Half a year before the fall of the government, Avidar, although he was disappointed that he was not included in the government, was mediating between the joint list and the government.

He tried to build one political bloc around Prime Minister Yair Lapid, for example connecting the ultra-Orthodox with Netanyahu.

First let the Arab parties support the government from the outside, and later join the coalition.

Avidar did not succeed in his mission mainly due to the common insistence not to join a coalition, any coalition.  

The trend of lack of motivation in the Arab society to go out and vote is mainly due to the severe disputes within the joint, and the persistent war between the joint and the Prime Minister and the leadership crisis cause a great decrease in the Arab public's trust in its representatives in the Knesset. It is no wonder that more than 60% of the Arabs do not want to vote, which could endanger the All the Arab parties, and especially Ra'am, which swings around the percentage of the block.

Against this background comes the choice of the different line: according to internal surveys conducted among the Arab public, Ra'am's association with Eli Avidar brings potential voters from the sector to the polls and guarantees Ra'am and Avidar himself as members of the next Knesset.

Ra'am alone brings in at least 3.8%, Avidar makes up the remaining percentage.

Avidar, along with Mansor Abbas and senior members of the Palestinian Authority, see an opportunity in a Jewish-Arab political partnership that will instill hope in the Arab street, especially when the problem is not budgetary, but the problem of Arab citizens' identification with the state and its institutions, and the repeated claim to the exclusion of Arab citizens.

Avidar's influence can be gauged today from another angle: those who follow will be able to see that in his party, Yisrael Beitenu, they are no longer fighting the Arab public.

His dominant influence is particularly evident on the leader of the party, Avigdor Lieberman, who changed his perception and his statements against the Arab public, and especially against its leaders and elected representatives in the Knesset, and in Avidar's presence, they turned from "supporters of terror who should be sent to Ramallah" to partners in the coalition who should be invested in.

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