Araberna i Knesset

Det har funnits 45 arabiska parlamentsledamöter i Israels historia (plus 13 druser och 872 judar).
Fram till 1970-talet deltog de arabiska partierna i regeringsarbetet och kunde påverka utvecklingen men under senare år har araberna valt peroner med mer extrema åsikter till Knesset. Dessa personer verkar ha satsat mera på att arbeta för palestinierna utanför Israel än för sina arabiska väljare.
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The failure of Israel’s Arab MKs (SETH J. FRANTZMAN Jerusalem Post)
"Israel’s Arab members of the Knesset do not provide their constituents with quality representation. If one were to judge merely by their statements and antics one would conclude that they work more on behalf of Palestinians than they do on behalf of those who elected them. It is one of the great tragedies that Israel’s Arabs participate in a robust democratic system and yet their elected representatives have done them little service over the last 60 years.
The story of the Arab members of the Knesset is the story of a great failure. National minorities in other countries, such as the Basques, the Irish (UK), the Quebecois or African-Americans have generally elected representatives who cared about their interests and worked on their behalf. But when Tibi, in the course of condemning Holocaust denial, links the Holocaust to the suffering in Gaza (“the victim’s victim”) is he helping his community? When Bishara fed Hizbullah intelligence was he helping his people in Nazareth, whose members were being struck down by Hizbullah rockets? When Said Nafa of Balad met Khaled Mashaal of Hamas in Syria was he helping his constituents?