Nof HaGalil: The Joint List won 32% of the vote, more than any other party

In the elections for the 26th Knesset, held on October 27, the Joint List received 8,216 votes in Nof HaGalil (about 32% of valid votes), more than any other party, surpassing Likud which had led the city for years. Voter turnout in the city rose from 52.8% in 2022 to 61.8%, and among Arab voters it reached an estimated 74%, according to Deputy Mayor Dr. Shukri Awawdeh. Awawdeh attributes the increase to intensive field work over two months and accumulated anger over discrimination. Council member Dr. Ra'id Ghattas notes that incitement on social media did not find receptive ears. The article describes a long-standing local partnership between Hadash and Balad in the city council since 2008, which helped maintain calm during the May 2021 events. However, there is still no Arab school in the city, and the demand for its establishment will be at the center of municipal coalition negotiations. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the right are inciting against Arab voting, and Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh called the investigations against him 'political persecution.'