Arab voters give their trust to Arab parties and refrain from voting for "Hadimokratit"

Israeli election results show Arab voters preferring to vote for Arab parties, versus weak support for the "Hadimokratit" party led by Yair Golan, which received limited support in Arab towns, including 0.5% in Rahat and 3.1% in Nazareth. Criticism attributed this to weak Arab representation on its list and its position on preventing Sami Abu Shahada from running.

Israeli election results showed Arab voters preferring to vote for Arab parties, versus weak support for the "Hadimokratit" party led by Yair Golan, which was formed from the merger of the Labor and Meretz parties. The party received limited support in a number of Arab towns: 0.5% in Rahat, 0.8% in Umm al-Fahm, 1% in Baqa al-Gharbiyya, 1.4% in Tamra, 1.6% in Tayibe, 1.9% in Sakhnin, 2.3% in Kafr Qasim, and 3.1% in Nazareth. Political criticism attributed this failure to weak Arab representation on the party's list, after Arab candidate Sumaya Bashir placed tenth in the primaries, as well as the party's position supporting the prevention of National Democratic Assembly head Sami Abu Shahada from running. In contrast, the party won 8 seats and over 365,000 votes, doubling its representation compared to the 2022 elections, but the result fell short of expectations that suggested it could win 10 seats.