Arab Parties Just Won Big in Israel, Could They Determine the Next Government?
The Joint List and Ra'am are projected to win 18 seats, giving Arab lawmakers new leverage in coalition talks and possibly sidelining hard-right ministers.
- On Tuesday, Arab parties secured a record number of seats in Israel's election, potentially becoming "Kingmakers" as Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot struggle to reach a majority, said Liam Stack in The New York Times.
- An "existential moment for Palestinian-Israelis" drove record turnout, according to Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh, reflecting protest against their perceived second-class status in the West Bank and Gaza.
- With the party coalition on course for 18 of the Knesset's 120 seats, the Joint List has "offered to negotiate support from outside a government that replaces Netanyahu."
- Success at the polls poses an "urgent and fundamental challenge to the country's mainstream opposition," said Julian Borger, forcing a choice between cooperating with Arab Israelis or enabling Netanyahu.
- If no bloc secures the 61-seat threshold, President Isaac Herzog will task leaders with forming a government within six weeks, or Israel may face another election to break the political deadlock.
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Will Arab-led parties hold key to Israel’s future?
Arab parties could reshape the political landscape of Israel after securing a record number of seats in Tuesday’s bitterly fought election.With most of the votes counted, the left-wing Joint List, which includes Hadash, Balad and Ta'al, alongside the socially conservative Ra’am party led by Mansour Abbas, are on course for 18 of the Knesset’s 120 seats. In response, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has accused Israel’s Arab parties of electoral …
The opposition has a majority, but the refusal to make a deal with Arab parties could allow Netanyahu to remain in power
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