Raed Salah: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

Salah discourages Palestinian- Israelis from participating and voting in Israeli national elections. He believes that Arab representation in the Israeli parliament, lends it undeserved credibility:<ref name = "basics">{{cite web|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/141101/119-back-to-basics-israels-arab-minority-and-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict.pdf|title=Back to Basics: Israel's Arab Minority and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict}}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=Arab representation in the Knesset does not bring any qualitative changes. At best, the Knesset is a stage to voice Arab-Palestinian protest, nothing more. Yet there is a price for that, since it provides the Israeli establishment with a cover, as the Knesset appears to be a democratic institution, which is not the case. It remains one of the foundations of the Zionist enterprise.}}

He however downplays the schism between the Northern and Southern Branches of the Islamic movement, who does field candidates in national elections. He believes that it is merely a question of tactics: "the two branches are based on the same ideology and agree about all fundamentals. They disagree merely on tactics."<ref name = "basics"/>