Signal from the Arab MKs to Netanyahu?

MK Mansour Abbas (Joint List) made 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.

"I have no illusions, but the Prime Minister has to come out publicly and say, 'Citizens of the State of Israel and their legitimate votes and representatives in the political system, 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, we can start thinking about where we are headed," Abbas told Kan 11 News in an interview.