Khouri: Strong Israel-Arab bloc result does not mean Israel has changed

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: October 28, 2026Country: Israel

PoliticsWorld / International

Khouri: Strong Israel-Arab bloc result does not mean Israel has changed

Rami Khouri, a public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut, rejects the idea that a strong result for the Israel-Arab bloc signals a positive shift in Israeli society. He describes Zionism and the state of Israel as a racist enterprise and argues that Israel will never change.

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