In the end, I think the Likud Party and Binyamin Netanyahu will still win.
“Of Israel’s 9 million citizens, some 20 percent are Arabs. Most are Moslem, including Bedouin, and smaller percentages are Druze and Christians. Arabic is one of Israel’s two official languages.”
Actually, they have 3 official languages, with Russian being the third. Needless to say, English is very widespread too, but not official.
Arab parties win majority, kick Jews out.
What happens if the ay-rab muzzies win and take over the government of Israel? Will it expel Jews?
Israel is in its own midst of self hatred that got biden elected here.
Liberalism.
So much for the accusations that Israel is a racist apartheid state. Consider how things would be for Jews in an Islamic caliphate. Would the UN be intervening on their behalf?
Ironic, these "Ra'am" Islamofascists sound better on social issues than the so-called "conservatives" in Likud. Of course, the fact they want to wipe Israel off the map and create a "Palestinian state" with Jerusalem as its capitol makes them a non-starter.
"Joint List" (which is actually a coalition of four Arab parties in Israel: Balad, Hadash, Ta'al, and Ma'an) being socially liberal doesn't surprise me, most of the RAT Muslim politicians in the USA are socially liberal, too. There was a thread a week or two ago speculating why Muslim politicians in western countries vote for gay "rights" when Islam itself and "Islamic-run" governments in Arab countries are so vehemently against gays (far more so than even the most "conservative Christians" are -- you don't see conservative Christians demanding gays get arrested and executed). The theory most FReepers came up with is that Muslim politicians vote for it because they hope it will accelerate the fall of western civilization so they can then "take over" those countries. Sounds like a stretch but the theory certainly makes more sense than anything else.
Netanyahu, of course, has ruled out a unity government with any of the Arab parties out of "principle", but I wouldn't be surprised if he caved if it was necessary to get at least one of their slates to join his government to get to 61 seats. If that in the case, better Ra'am than Joint List. But I wouldn't trust ANY Arab majority party to have power in the Israeli government anymore than I would trust the British royal family making decisions in a political party dedicated to making the UK a Republic.
I wonder what happened with all the "Ultra Orthodox" parties that caused the government to collapse in the first place and all those Israeli elections LAST year because they threw a hissy fit and demanded the government exempt their kids from military service? I've been reading thru the first five books of the Bible during Lent and I have yet to find any passage where God commands the Isrealites "Thou shall not enlist any of thy children in the military". But if the "Ultra-Orthodox" want to follow the Torah super strictly, they will be pleased to know their is exhaustive rules in there about what kind of seafood one is allowed to eat, when it is appropriate to stone people to death, the rituals involved in animal sacrifice, and how many days you will be "unclean" and shunned by your fellow Jews for various skin conditions. ;-)
Finally, for the unfortunate 2% of Israel that is Christian and never had a dog in this fight (its either vote against their own self-interests by voting for one of the conservative Jewish parties that treats them like crap, or vote against their own countries interests by voting for one of the arab parties that wants to wipe their country off the map), I remember last time there was FINALLY a newly formed "Christian" party in isreal that was socially conservative but PRO-Israel. I remember in 2020 it amounted to "too little, too late" and they won zero seats in the Knesset. I would hope they could improve this time and at least win 1 or 2 seats and get some leverage in government. Christians having influence in the Israeli government would be refreshing.
Bezalel Smotrich (National Union–Tkuma Party) is still my choice for PM of Israel in an ideal world. Of course, it will never happen. :-(