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Towards Jewish-Arab normalization in Israel: Israeli Arabs want a more pragmatic politics while Jewish parties court the Arab vote
Ansätze einer jüdisch-arabischen Normalisierung in Israel: arabische Israelis wollen pragmatischere Politik, jüdische Parteien werben um arabische Stimmen
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Abstract In the run-up to the 2021 elections to the Knesset, Jewish parties are actively courting the votes of Israeli Arabs, who constitute 17 per cent of all Israelis eligible to vote. At the same time, Israeli Arabs are increasingly emphasizing the need for a politics that will help improve their living c... view more
In the run-up to the 2021 elections to the Knesset, Jewish parties are actively courting the votes of Israeli Arabs, who constitute 17 per cent of all Israelis eligible to vote. At the same time, Israeli Arabs are increasingly emphasizing the need for a politics that will help improve their living circumstances and allow them greater political participation. While the Joint List alliance of Arab parties continues to follow its traditional oppositionist course and has come to terms with the decision of one of its members, the Islamic Movement (Ra’am), to split away, the election campaign has seen the emergence of new Arab politics, whose actors advocate a more pragmatic approach and are looking to cooperate with Jewish parties. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the identity of the Jewish state of Israel are playing a secondary role. The situation is similar in Israeli local politics, where Jews and Arabs are already engaged in interest-based cooperation. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Israel; election; political participation; ethnic group; minority; Arab; Israeli; voting behavior; party; political change; ideology; pragmatism; ethnic relations; Jew; local politics
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
8 p.
Series
SWP Comment
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C18
ISSN
2747-5107
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications