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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Ra’am official says party does not want to partner with ‘racists’ on right
The head of Ra’am’s negotiating team indicates to Channel 12 news that the party would prefer to join a center-left government than one likely to be cobbled together by Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu.
Shua Mansour Masarwa hints that Ra’am would be uncomfortable in a coalition that includes the Religious Zionism party.
“We won’t sit with racists who threaten us, who threaten Al-Aqsa,” he says. “There are other options for a government.”
Masarwa says the party will do what it needs to advance its agenda, noting that the center-left is more likely to line up with the Islamist party’s goals.
“According to all indications, Netanyahu does not have a coalition. As we see it, the center-left is closer to the voters of Ra’am and the Joint List.”
