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Arab parties could play a key role in Israel’s October 27 election

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Covered by 3 outlets, all center.

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The Christian Science Monitor, BBC News and France 24 report that Israel holds a national election on October 27, its first legislative vote since Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Polls show a tight race, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud nor Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar likely to win a majority, so Arab parties could play a key role. The outlets say polls show crime is the top concern of many Arab Israelis. The BBC reports that disaffection has often depressed Arab turnout, and civil society groups say budget cuts fall disproportionately on Arab communities, while the government says the cuts fund wartime defence spending.

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Israel holds a national election on October 27, its first legislative vote since Hamas’s October 7 attacks.
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The Christian Science Monitor, France 24
Polls show a tight race, with neither Likud nor Yashar likely to win an outright majority of seats.
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The Christian Science Monitor, France 24
Arab parties could play a key role in deciding the election’s outcome.
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The Christian Science Monitor, BBC News, France 24
Polls show crime is the top concern of many Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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Disaffection has often driven down turnout among Arab Israelis.
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Government budget cuts have disproportionately hit Arab communities.
Civil society groups and Suha Salman Mousa of the Mossawa Centre say the cuts fall disproportionately on Arab communities; the government says the reductions are needed to fund wartime defence and security spending.

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All three outlets report that Arab parties could decide Israel’s October 27 election, where polls show no party likely to win a majority. Coverage centers on Arab voters’ concerns about crime and discrimination and on how much influence the parties could hold.

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the center
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All three headlines center on Arab parties or Arab voters as a possible deciding force in a close election, rather than on the campaigns of the leading parties.
How Arab parties could hold critical balance of power in Israeli election
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Arab parties as kingmakers
Tight polls and no expected majority
Arab voters’ concerns about crime and discrimination

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France 24Center
Israel: Could Arab parties play kingmaker in the next Knesset ?
As Israelis head to the polls for the first legislative election since Hamas's October 7 attacks, neither Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu's Likud party nor former army chief of staff Gadi #Eisenkot's Yashar party are likely to win a majority of seats in the #Knesset. …
3 hr agoRead at France 24 (opens in a new tab)
BBC NewsCenter
How Arab parties could hold critical balance of power in Israeli election
Disaffection has often driven down turnout among Arab Israelis, but there is a strong push to get rid of the right-wing governing coalition.
1 day agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
The Christian Science MonitorCenter
In these Israeli elections, Arab citizens could be the deciding vote
In Israel, polls show a tight race, with neither of the two major factions likely to win an outright majority. Arab political parties could play a key role.
2 days agoRead at The Christian Science Monitor (opens in a new tab)

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The Christian Science Monitor, Oct 21, 1:13 PM EDT
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The Christian Science MonitorCenterOct 21, 1:13 PM EDT
BBC NewsCenterOct 22, 1:30 AM EDT
France 24CenterOct 23, 1:11 PM EDT

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Arab parties could play a key role in Israel’s October 27 election

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Israel: Could Arab parties play kingmaker in the next Knesset ?

How Arab parties could hold critical balance of power in Israeli election

In these Israeli elections, Arab citizens could be the deciding vote

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