The Elections: What Did They Say Tentatively?
In an opinion piece, the writer analyzes the preliminary results of the Israeli elections, noting that Arabs turned out to vote at an unprecedented rate for Arab lists, with the Joint List winning 11 seats and the United Arab List winning 7 seats, in a message of hope and pain after four years of the Netanyahu-Ben Gvir-Smotrich government.
In an opinion piece on the Arab 48 website, the writer analyzes the preliminary results of the Israeli elections from the perspective of the Arab voter. The article notes that Arabs turned out to vote at an unprecedented rate for Arab lists, with polling stations closing early due to being filled with Arab voters' ballots. The writer describes that Arab voters 'swept' Zionist parties out of Arab villages and towns in favor of the two Arab lists: the Joint List and the United Arab List. It mentions that the Joint List won 11 seats, exceeding poll predictions that gave it between 8 and 10 seats, while the United Arab List won 7 seats as polls predicted. The writer considers the surprise to be the United Arab List's sweep of most Arab votes in the Negev. The article concludes that the declared goal of the Arab lists is to topple the Netanyahu-Ben Gvir-Smotrich government.