Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Poor Mansour Abbas: Between a Rock and a Hard Place April 23, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Or: Keeping colleagues from shooting themselves in the foot MK Mansour Abbas, head of Ra’am, the first Arab party to ever enter an Israeli coalition government as an equal partner,…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Usually silent Israeli Arab MKs in Arab parties not silent this time. March 30, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Israeli Knesset members from the Arab parties have not been known for denouncing terrorist attacks against their fellow citizens. Now, however, some Arab members of the Knesset are tweeting comments.…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Mansour Abbas: A Moderate Islamist? April 8, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments Does participaton in the Knesset lead to moderation of extremist views? That is the view of many academics who examine the relations between Islamist parties and the governments of the…