Arab lawmaker says joining coalition would legitimize Israeli occupation
The leading elected Palestinian leader in Israel tells Al-Monitor that while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vicious racism led Arab voters to the polls, the Arab coalition still cannot join a ruling coalition.
Ahmad Tibi, the head of the Arab Movement for Change, a leading Arab party in Israel, told Al-Monitor that despite supporting Benny Gantz to set up the next coalition government, the Joint List will not be part of the next government in Israel because that would legitimize the occupation.
“The Joint list can’t be part of a governing coalition because that would make us responsible for the decisions taken by the government,” he said.
