What have the Arab parties done to us?
An opinion article questioning the role of Arab parties in the Knesset and their achievements, criticizing the ready-made answer that they "did nothing." It calls for a more accurate evaluation based on laws, budgets, and defense of rights, not just on lawmakers' statements.
An opinion article on the Arab48 website questions the role of Arab parties in Israel and their achievements. The writer criticizes how the question "What have the Arab parties done?" is posed, arguing that it often comes with a predetermined answer: "they did nothing." The article calls for a more accurate and fair assessment of party performance, suggesting criteria such as laws enacted, budgets secured, defense of rights, and the ability to organize people and express their demands. The writer believes the problem lies in reducing a party to its parliament members and their speeches, while a party in its institutional sense is a framework that brings people together around a program and turns their demands into organized action. The article criticizes the lack of political education within parties, emphasizing that having offices and committees does not mean there is real party life, and that education is not achieved by indoctrinating members that their leadership is always right.