Why Palestinian electoral gains in Israel should be met with caution, not celebration

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The existence of parliamentary representation negates neither the apartheid regime nor the 50 discriminatory laws that govern the lives of Palestinian citizens of Israel The high Palestinian voter turnout in Israel’s election was fuelled in part by recent attempts to eliminate Palestinian political representation in the Knesset. This is true regardless of what we think about Palestinian participation in the Israeli parliament; Israel and its allies have long used Palestinian participation to whi