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Arab parties could influence Israel’s Oct. 27 election outcome
Israel’s Arab citizens make up about 20% of the population and have the right to vote.
Mansour Abbas, who leads the Arab-led Ra’am party, is seeking influence in the Oct.
27 election.
In 2021, Abbas broke a long-standing taboo by bringing an Arab party into an Israeli governing coalition.
Now Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rivals say they will not form a coalition with Arab-led parties.
The race is tight, so Arab politicians could still help determine who becomes prime minister.
Arab citizens face discrimination and high rates of violent crime, while activists say police restrict protests and speech more heavily than they address crime.
If no coalition can be formed, Israel could face months of political gridlock and another election.
Arab-led parties could help determine who becomes Israel’s next prime minister in a tight election on Oct. 27.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rivals have said they will not form a coalition with Arab-led parties.
Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am party previously joined an Israeli government in 2021, breaking a long-standing taboo.
Arab citizens make up about 20% of Israel’s population and have the right to vote.
Arab leaders say they want to use their political power to prevent conditions from worsening.
- Who
- Arab-led parties, including Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am party, could influence the election outcome.
- What
- Their potential support could help determine who becomes prime minister, although Netanyahu and his chief rivals have ruled out coalition partnerships with Arab-led parties.
- When
- The election is scheduled for Oct. 27.
- Where
- Israel.
- Why
- The race is tight, and Arab politicians may have a decisive role in choosing the next prime minister.
Netanyahu and his chief rivals
Arab-led parties seeking political influence
Coalition
Netanyahu and his chief rivals
They have said they will not form a coalition with Abbas’s or any other Arab-led party.
Arab-led parties seeking political influence
Abbas previously brought an Arab party into government and is seeking a partnership with Jews.
Political participation
Netanyahu and his chief rivals
They have ruled out coalition cooperation even if it leads to months of gridlock and another election.
Arab-led parties seeking political influence
Arab leaders say they want to use their political power to prevent further deterioration.
Mansour Abbas brought an Arab party into an Israeli government, breaking a long-standing taboo.
Hamas carried out an attack that Abbas condemned.
Israel is scheduled to hold an election in which Arab-led parties could play a decisive role.
- Arab citizens’ share of population
- About 20%
- Election date
- Oct. 27
- Ra’am leader
- Mansour Abbas
- Previous coalition participation
- Abbas brought an Arab party into government in 2021
- Homicide-rate comparison
- More than 22 times higher among Palestinian citizens than among Jewish Israelis
3 sources
What people are saying
We have to use our political power in order to basically block the deterioration of the situation
We have to choose between the danger of being killed and being discriminated against
They’re not writing ‘Kill the Jews.’ Some of them are writing, ’We pray for Gaza,’