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Israeli Parliamentary Elections: A Splintering of the Arab Consensus?

Written by: Fatih Şemsettin Işık

This info pack presents the latest situation concerning Arab political parties in Israel ahead of the March 23 elections.

Despite an electoral stalemate in Israel since April 2019, elections finally resulted in the formation of a new government in April 2020, however, this government was short-lived with only 7 months in power. For this reason, Israelis consider the upcoming election on March 23 as the fourth election in this current cycle, rather than a distinctly new one. As there is a new reality for the Arab parties and Arab-Israeli representation, the conditions that both engendered the emergence of the Joint List and facilitated its collapse will also be discussed. Finally, both the electoral success of the Joint List when it was founded in 2015 and its future will also be discussed.

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Fatih Şemsettin Işık
Fatih Şemsettin Işık
Fatih Şemsettin Işık is a deputy researcher at the TRT World Research Centre and a graduate student at the Department of International Relations in Central European University (CEU). Before that, he worked as a research assistant and social media coordinator at Al Sharq Forum. After completing his undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University in 2015, he finished his MA studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Şehir University in 2019. As a journalist, he contributed to the Daily Sabah newspaper between 2014 and 2016. His research interests include Israeli politics, EU-Middle East Relations, Turkish Politics and the role of diasporas in foreign affairs.

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