Arab Local Government in Israel by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Middle East, General
ISBN: 9780813377612
Google: ZJeOAAAAMAAJ
Goodreads: 812589
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1990-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Sixth Term, 1980-1984

Seven lists of candidates ran in the sixth term elections: the DFPE, the Labor Alignment, and five hamulas. The DFPE had been established prior to the elections along the lines of the fronts formed in other Arab towns and led by Rakah (Communist Party). The Tamra front included members of the Communist Party, of the university graduates' union and of the smaller hamulas. Yet this mixture did not cancel out the hamula factor: at the core of the Tamra front lay the Hejazi hamula, which had never led the village and which had so far exerted only minor influence in the council. The front's election campaign in Tamra was similar to that waged by the DFPE in other Arab municipal elections: while the supporters of the outgoing chairman stressed their candidate's ability to obtain government aid for Tamra thanks to his close ties with the authorities in the various government ministries, the DFPE candidate's supporters pointed out that the government-appointed committee had been named against the wishes of Tamra's inhabitants and with the aim of keeping them down. The DFPE further stressed that only a public struggle would win Tamra's inhabitants their rights and promote the village's interests.

The election was hotly contested, approximately 95 percent of the 5200 eligible voters participating. All the villagers took the day off and stood about waiting impatiently for the results to be tallied. While the outcome came as no surprise in view of the electoral forecasts, the DFPE's victory was still astonishing. Its candidate for chairman got 63 percent, thereby winning office in the first round of voting. The DFPE list as a whole won five of the 11 council seats, while the list headed by incumbent chairman Diab won only two seats and the Alignment list did not win any.

The average age of the new council members (45) was slightly higher than in previous terms, but their level of education and their occupations were significantly different. A greater number of members had a high school or university education. In respect of occupation too there was a noticable difference. In previous terms most council members had been engaged in agriculture, but the sixth term council embraced a wider variety of professions: teacher, craftsman, laborer, and professional politician, as well as farmer The DFPE-led coalition members were relatively better educated than their opposition colleagues, who were headed by the so-called traditional leadership that had led Tamra since the establishment of the first local council.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.