Some Arab MKs may abstain on Knesset dissolution, in major rift with allies

The Ra’am party — part of the predominantly Arab Joint List — is expected to abstain during Wednesday’s vote to dissolve the Knesset, setting up a major fight with the Joint List, according to Channel 12, which speculates that the move could spell the end of the Arab alliance.

Mansour Abbas of the Ra’am party holds a press conference after a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

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