People who complain about America's two-party political system and support such "reforms" as proportional representation should pay more attention to Israeli politics...
I cannot fathom how a Palestinian Arab party could come out in support of Netanyahu after the recent settlement expansion, especially after the "promises" made during recent normalization diplomacy...
... well, I could imagine a way or two. Yet, the speech Abbas gave runs counter to typical Islamist talking points, so I can't pretend to know his motivations or what direction he's going to move in. Is this a sign that Israeli Arabs are giving up on halting Israeli settlement expansion? Or has the rest of the Arab world given up on the effort and left the Palestinians to their own devises? Or is Iran a big enough pain in the ass to the region that the Arab countries have been forced to acknowledge that Israel isn't (presently) some sort of existential threat?
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People who complain about America's two-party political system and support such "reforms" as proportional representation should pay more attention to Israeli politics...
I cannot fathom how a Palestinian Arab party could come out in support of Netanyahu after the recent settlement expansion, especially after the "promises" made during recent normalization diplomacy...
... well, I could imagine a way or two. Yet, the speech Abbas gave runs counter to typical Islamist talking points, so I can't pretend to know his motivations or what direction he's going to move in. Is this a sign that Israeli Arabs are giving up on halting Israeli settlement expansion? Or has the rest of the Arab world given up on the effort and left the Palestinians to their own devises? Or is Iran a big enough pain in the ass to the region that the Arab countries have been forced to acknowledge that Israel isn't (presently) some sort of existential threat?