Realizing the loss the Arab community would sustain if the parties did not unite ahead of elections, despite predictions that a united Arab bloc was unlikely, the Ra’am-Ta’al, Balad and Hadash parties have done just that. The three parties have managed to find common ground and will run under one ticket in the upcoming elections for the 20th Knesset.
MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi feels quite confident and promises to become the third largest party in Israel and beat out Yisrael Beitenu and Bayit Yehudi. However, things are far from calm as there are major differences of opinion among the MKs in the united team.
Nevertheless, they have managed to agree sufficiently to combine efforts and run under a united umbrella in the election.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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I wonder if the chareidi parties would be able to find a common issue to unify with… oh wait there is too much spite
A lesson well learned! Find commonalities & run United to gain strength.
Religious parties would have a bloc of over 35 mandates!!
Showing far more intelligence than the Jewish parties.
And note the Arab parties include the Islamists, secular nationalists and communists (which includes several Jews). That’s a wide gap than exist between the various religious parties.