Tuesday’s elections may change the game for the Parents Circle. The results are not yet final, but it looks like a clear advantage to the right. The next Israeli government will have a strong, radical, religious and hateful axis. The consequences can be very serious in many ways for our work:

• • Extreme right MK Ben-Gvir, who for many years has targeted PCFF activity and personally arrives and leads demonstrations against our dialogue meetings and Joint Memorial Day Ceremony, will become a Minister. His ability to exercise legal limitations and restrictions on our activities, especially in Israeli schools, becomes real.
  • The Ministry of Regional Cooperation that was for the first time supportive of our activities, both legally and financially, and strengthened Israeli cooperation with the PA, will dramatically change its policy and lines of support.
  • Legal protection we received from the Supreme Court may no longer be effective as laws and regulations will rapidly change
  • Policy for permits for Palestinians to enter Israel may change to prevent our joint activity
  • Knesset committees will all be dominated by either extreme right or extreme religious parties which means very little change to influence lawmaking