Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 20/20 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-30. November Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Pakt von Pragmatikern: Netanyahu und Mansour Abbas............................................................................................ 1 2. Verteidigungsminister Gantz lässt U-Boot-Affäre untersuchen.................................................................................. 4 3. Iranischer Kernforscher Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ermordet............................................................................................. 6 4. Medienquerschnitt........................................................................................................................................................... 8 1. Pakt von Pragmatikern: Netanyahu und Mansour Abbas In Israels Parlament zeichnet sich eine seltsame Zusammenarbeit ab. Mansour Abbas, Chef der United Arab List, die Bündnispartnerin der antizionistisch-arabischen Vereinten Liste ist, lobte die Regierung Benjamin Netanyahus für neue staatliche Investitionen im arabischen Sektor. Zudem sprach er sich öffentlich dafür aus, die gerichtliche Verfolgung des Ministerpräsidenten aufzuschieben. Die offene Annäherung zwischen dem Chef der Partei, die sich besonders für islamische Werte einsetzt, und dem konservativen Likud-Vorsitzenden kommt überraschend, denn Netanyahu hetzte im Verlauf seiner Regierungszeit wiederholt gegen die arabische Minderheit und speziell gegen die Politiker_innen der Vereinten Liste. In dem Bündnis der drei arabischen Parteien und der linken Hadash beobachtet man die seltsame neue Freundschaft der beiden Politiker mit großer Skepsis. Jewish MKs must support Arab colleagues' out­reach In recent years, there has been a widespread ten­dency in Israeli politics to label any discussion, as meritorious as it may be, according through a lens of "Yes to Bibi" or"No to Bibi." This appears also to be the fate of the growing coordination between the ruling Likud and Ra'am, the political party led by MK Mansour Abbas that represents the southern faction of the Islamic Movement and is part of the Joint List coalition of predominantly Arab parties.(…) Abbas is taking unprecedented moves in the framework of Arab politics, focusing on broad cooperation with the ruling party in order to solve the acute fundamental problems of Arab society, most notably crime and violence. Overshadowing his efforts are critiques from ele­ments of the Joint List, and also from Jewish politi­cians who have presented him as another"Bibi lacky," being used by the prime minister to weaken his political faction without any real intention of solv­ing the problems of the people he represents. The truth is that Abbas' actions reflect a much deeper and principled discussion about the path of Arab politics, which seems to have reached a dead end. Abbas himself makes it clear that(…) he is willing to break conventions to promote a response to the plight of Arab Israelis, even if it means cooperating with a government that dismisses the Joint List and the community it represents. Abbas is not alone in this(…). He has broken out of the pattern of identity politics, which automatically puts all Arabs on the same side of the political map and in the pockets of the leftist camp. The lawmaker has become a rele­vant and influential actor, characteristics that are in part foreign to Arab politics.(…) the Islamic Move­ment, with its inherent pragmatism and adaptability (…) has demonstrated a far-reaching capacity for change and ideological flexibility. The ball is current­ly in the court of Jewish politics and society. Now the 1