Member of Knesset Mansour Abbas (Joint List) made it clear on Sunday that if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu publicly declares that the Arab public is legitimate - "there is something to talk about," as he put it.
Interviewed by Channel 11 News, Abbas said, "I have no illusions, but the prime minister has to come out publicly and say, 'Citizens of the State of Israel, their votes and representatives are legitimate in the political system. It is proper that we should come in contact with them and treat them as we treat any political power in the Knesset and represent an entire public.' If he does that, it's possible to begin thinking about where we are going."