Israel’s elections are currently underway, but the turnout
is very low for the Arab population. The reason that this is a concern is that
Palestinian issues may be put to the side for a prime minister that doesn’t
have the interest of its Palestinian-Israeli citizens in mind. The problem that the voters are facing is
discrimination at the voting poles due to racial profiling. Also the concern of
the Arab population is focused heavily on economic stability rather than
Palestinian Strife’s. Which is true in America as well – the people want a
steady pay and do not care about the Iraqi War. I would have thought that the
Palestinian strife would be the concern for every Palestinian-Israeli, but they
have the same qualities that the common American citizen has, and probably the
rest of the world.
Another interesting thing it brings up is that the
Palestinian-Israeli citizens loyalty is always questioned, and the parties that
support them. I could see how this could
make the Palestinian-Israeli demographic hesitant to try and push radical
reform which could end up revoking their right to vote entirely – pushing for
economic policy sounds like a much safer route.
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