“Our role, as part of the coalition, is to have some achievements to show for the Arab sector,” he said in an interview. But with the budget looming, Abbas, whose presence gives the ultranationalist Bennett’s government a one-seat majority in parliament, is faced with the challenge of delivering results, or risking irrelevance. Instead, he has wielded outsize influence with canny politicking. The first-ever Islamist in a Zionist government, he was expected to be the weakest link in the coalition, at risk of withdrawing his support over clashes with his rightwing partners. Mansour Abbas, the political novice who leads an Arab issues-focused party, has more to lose than most if the government falters.
Shared fear of a return of Netanyahu, who is ascendant in the polls, means most analysts and many within Bennett’s own parliamentary ranks expect the government to pass the test - just. A new bout of elections, which would be the fifth in less than three years, could send the politicians who found themselves in government back to the political margins.
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