Thanks BillyBoy for this.
It is also why I added the “Arab MK” in title... Yet, to make sure, this guy is far from being great, he is connected to Muslim Brotherhood.
Yet, this particular declaration is commendable. Even if it seems from pragmatism.
But I'm hopeful one of the "silver lining" to Arab parties being part of the Israeli government for the first time EVER is that they move Israel to the right on social issues. Netanyahu's "conservative" government was so far left on stuff like gay rights and abortion that they'd make Barbara Boxer blush.
I was wrong about Bennett being an improvement over Bibi but I'm pleased to see the people "warning" us that the Arab List Parties would try to destroy Israel from within were wrong. It's nice to see their "leader" say Israel will remain a Jewish state, and see his fellow arabs tear their hair out and call him a traitor over it.
As I noted, the reasons are similar to Rick Perry being vehemently against the Dept. of Energy, then flip-flopping 180o degrees and suddenly being totally in favor of keeping it and expanding it once he was put in charge of it.
I think Abbas is sincere at least as far as realizing that if Bennett's government is toppled, he loses his cushy government post, but I'd also still trust him as far as I can throw him.