Tag: Israeli Arabs
Elections Committee: Left-wing voter-turnout initiative violates the law
Israel’s Central Elections Committee issued an injunction on Sunday against an initiative to bus 15,000 Arab voters to voting booths on Tuesday, ruling that the initiative violated election laws.
The injunction, against NGO Zazim, came...
Survey: Arab Israelis consider Netanyahu best suited to be prime minister
Almost a quarter (23.6%) of respondents to a poll of Israel’s Arab public published this month said that Benjamin Netanyahu was best suited to be Israel’s next prime minister.
The poll, commissioned by Arik Rudnizky...
Israeli Arab athlete shrugs off pressure in representing nation in competition
Israeli high-jump champion Hanin Nasser, 22, was targeted by anti-Israel groups this week for representing Israel in the upcoming 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships.
Hirak Haifa, a vocal Arab-Israeli youth group in Haifa, accused Nasser—one of...
At least 27 percent of Israeli Arabs voted for Zionist parties in recent elections
Now that the newly elected Israeli Parliament has been dissolved due to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s inability to form a government, Israelis, including Israeli Arabs, will be going back to the voting booths on Sept....
Israel Elections Committee bans cameras put in Arab-area polling stations by Likud
The Likud Party confirmed on Tuesday that it had deployed hundreds of cameras at polling stations, primarily in Arab voting centers, to record instances of voter fraud.
Likud attorney Koby Matza said the devices were...
Lawmaker draws fury for urging Arab families to move into Jewish communities
A report by Israel Hayom on Sunday that MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint Arab List) was calling on young Arab families to buy homes in Jewish communities like Afula, Nazareth Illit, Carmiel and the new development town...