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Israel Has Ten Arab Members of Knesset
10/11

Posted on 10/11/2023 11:26:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Sorry for a vanity, but I can't find any articles with this information.

Israel currently has ten Arab members of Knesset. (Their parliament) And I think they've had this many for a while. Most are Muslim, one is Druze, one is Christian, and some are indeterminate. Two of them are women.

Muslim:

Mansour Abbas

Youssef Atauna [This one has two wives, which is against the law in Israel, but I guess he gets away with it.]

Iman Khatib-Yasin (Woman)

Ayman Odeh (Raised Musim, but secular)

Ahmad Tibi

Walid Taha

Druze:

Hamad Amar

Christian:

Aida Touma-Suleiman (Woman)

I couldn't find the religion of the following:

Yasser Hujirat

Walid al-Huashla

Can anyone tell me how many Jewish members there are of the Iran and Saudi Arabia governments?

How about Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, etc.?


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1 posted on 10/11/2023 11:26:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Would they allow a majority of the Knesset be muslims?

That’s like the rats letting the black caucus lead the party.


2 posted on 10/11/2023 11:31:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll venture a guess of zero.


3 posted on 10/11/2023 11:32:12 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Would they allow a majority of the Knesset be Muslims?

Well, there are elections. So, it depends on who is voted for.

Israel has a higher birth rate than most developed countries. I suspect that the birth rate is highest among Orthodox-leaning Jews, and Arabs. The number of secular Jews is probably going down.

4 posted on 10/11/2023 11:36:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Do you mean, Israel has ten Arab members IN THE Knesset?


5 posted on 10/11/2023 11:36:39 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: nickcarraway

They have names and they have addresses.


6 posted on 10/11/2023 11:36:43 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Would they allow a majority of the Knesset be muslims?

Israel limits the number of Arab MKs, so they will never have a majority.

7 posted on 10/11/2023 11:36:58 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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What does that mean? Doxing them? These people are participating in the Israeli government, not engaging in terrorism.


8 posted on 10/11/2023 11:39:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
Israel limits the number of Arab MKs, so they will never have a majority.

Can you cite that law? How is that legal?

9 posted on 10/11/2023 11:39:54 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Iran has Jewish politicians (maybe not in their federal govt) but at more local levels yes.

There are still a large Jewish community in Iran. As long as they dont dare mention the “zionist entity” then they are fine.


10 posted on 10/11/2023 11:40:14 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: nickcarraway

that is not true. not even in the slightest.


11 posted on 10/11/2023 11:40:48 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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“How many Jews in Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, governments?”

I’ve followed this from afar for 20 or 30 years. According to Wiki, the Knesset has had 100 Arab members since the first meeting in 1949.

I’ve read in articles over the years that make this exact point — other Arab nations have ZERO Jews in their governments. I don’t know if it is true, but it sounds about right.


12 posted on 10/11/2023 11:44:21 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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I think this is always been true of Israel. It’s been one of the challenges, they face, that they will eventually be a Jewish minority state, especially if they annex areas such as Gaza and the Westbank.


13 posted on 10/11/2023 11:44:25 AM PDT by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Hamas.)
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To: Jaysin

What is not true?


14 posted on 10/11/2023 11:45:34 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Jaysin

I know there are Jews in Iran, and some of them are wealthy, but they tend to keep a low profile.


15 posted on 10/11/2023 11:46:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MtnClimber

Leave them alone! Israel’s long-term future stability in peace depends on the assimulation and a government that recognizes all of its citizens equally. Otherwise, they became what they are accused of, an apartheid regime.


16 posted on 10/11/2023 11:47:05 AM PDT by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Hamas.)
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To: nickcarraway
not engaging in terrorism.

Perhaps, but their religion is terrorism, jihad, kill the unbelievers where you find them. Their religion calls for "convert or die". You are insinuating that these government Knesset members do not believe their religion. I do not think the religions are compatible.

17 posted on 10/11/2023 11:47:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Reno89519

The best place for a Muslim Arab to live is Israel. Many Jewish Israelis have Muslim friends, and they get along just fine.


18 posted on 10/11/2023 11:47:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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So, you think Israel should be more like Iran and Saudi Arabia?


19 posted on 10/11/2023 11:48:24 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: dfwgator; Reno89519
The best place for a Muslim Arab to live is Israel.

That's what I've been saying all along.

20 posted on 10/11/2023 11:49:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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