Mansour Abbas' political gambit
Last year, Abbas made history as the first Arab-Israeli political leader to join an Israeli governing coalition. This fall, voters will decide if he's gone too far for his own supporters, or not far enough
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Last year, Abbas made history as the first Arab-Israeli political leader to join an Israeli governing coalition. This fall, voters will decide if he's gone too far for his own supporters, or not far enough
Analysis: Amid terror wave, study finds overwhelming majority of Israeli Arabs oppose violence and think perpetrators don't represent Arab society while Jews are much more skeptical
Experts believe that this spring does not have to be a repeat of the dramatic events of last year between Israel and its Arab citizens, and Hamas
Also: Upcoming religious holidays heighten concerns of more violence, including by the Islamic State operating within Israel.
With 100 people killed in the sector since start of 2021, activists say for years the government preferred to look the other way and ignore the growing problem of violence in Arab communities, which is now spilling into Jewish areas