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having canceled the expropria- ready to form tactical alliances,
tion as the Arab parties de- the power of Israeli Arabs to get
what they want from the gov-
manded.
And Israeli Arabs, who make ernment is no myth.
Shortly after the vote on the
up about 15 percent of the coun-
try's population, were feeling expropriation, another event
took place that augurs for
their newly found strength.
ADP and Hadash are now greater Israeli Arab political
planning two more no-confi- muscle. The Islamic Movement,
dence motions that could cause which has steadily growing pop-
the government to fall. The first ularity in Israel, decided to end
will be brought in if the govern- its boycott of Knesset elections.
ment does not agree to withdraw The movement will not run as a
the army from Palestinian cities party in October 1996, but for
and towns in the West Bank by the first time will give its mass-
the agreed-upon July 1 deadline, es of followers free rein to vote.
said Knesset member and ADP
leader Abd el-Wahab Daroushe.
But the peace process is not Labor no longer can
the only issue on the Israeli
count on the Arab
Arabs' minds. They have their
own internal causes to fight for
parties' support.
as well, and these stand to be
the basis for yet another no-con-
The leading beneficiary of this
fidence motion.
"We will give Rabin four decision could well be Dr.
months to attend to our con- Ahmed Tibi, adviser to Yassir
cerns," Mr. Daroushe said, list- Arafat and the anticipated
ing the inequality in funding for leader of a new Israeli Arab par-
Israeli Arab municipalities, the ty in the next Knesset elections.
expropriation of Israeli Arab If Dr. Tibi manages to put to-
cemetery land and non-recogni- gether a combined list of secu-
tion of certain small Israeli Arab lar and devout candidates, he
villages. "If these are not taken could appeal to the many obser-
care of, we will join the opposi- vant Muslim voters now alien-
tion and bring down the gov- ated from the secular Hadash
and ADP.
ernment."
Taken together, the Israeli
Knesset Member Ra'anan Co-
hen, the Labor Party's Knesset Arab parties' success in cancel-
whip, dismissed the threat. He ing the land expropriation and
called the Israeli Arabs' left- the participation by Islamic
right partnership with the op- Movement voters in the 1996
position over the East Jerusalem election likely means that many
expropriations a "one-time more Israel Arabs will be in the
next Knesset than ever before.
thing."
Shmuel Toledano, an expert
"The opposition realizes it
made a mistake by voting with in Israeli Arab affairs, noted
the Arab parties, and I don't that in the past, about half of Is-
think it will happen again," said raeli Arab voters cast their bal-
Mr. Cohen, describing the no- lots for Jewish parties — left,
tion of heightened Israeli Arab right and religious — because
they felt Arab parties, left out of
political power a "myth."
But the Knesset whip hadn't every Israeli government, were
expected the right wing to team politically impotent.
"Now they will come to the
up with the Arab parties over
the expropriations. After that plain conclusion that such a vote
vote, Likud leader Binyamin Ne- [for Arab parties] is the most ef-
tanyahu was asked in a Ha'aretz fective way to achieve their goals
interview if he might join with — both for Israeli Arab equali-
Hadash and ADP in another at- ty and advancement of the peace
tempt to bring down the gov- process," Mr. Toledano wrote af-
ter the no-confidence vote over
ernment.
He replied: "I don't rule it out the expropriation.
For many if not most Israeli
... If, for example, they bring in
a motion to topple the govern- Jews, the prospect of Israeli
ment over some social issue, we Arabs wielding considerable po-
won't go with them? That's hyp- litical influence is a frightening
ocritical. They're citizens like thought. It is also a new one. For
the Arab citizens themselves, it
everyone else."
Now that ADP, Hadash and is a simple matter of winning
the Likud-led opposition are overdue justice. 0
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