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Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer in 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Elections Committee: Left-wing voter-turnout initiative violates the law

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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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement at the Knesset on Sept. 15, 2019, a few days before the Israeli elections. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Survey: Arab Israelis consider Netanyahu best suited to be prime minister

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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 athlete Hanin Nasser, 22, has been targeted by anti-Israel groups for representing Israel in the upcoming 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Photo: Facebook.

Israeli Arab athlete shrugs off pressure in representing nation in competition

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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...
Israeli Arab Knesset member Ayman Odeh casts his ballot during Israel's April 9, 2019 election. Photo by Meir Vaknin/Flash90.

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....
Israeli-Arab parliament member Ayman Odeh casts his ballot at a voting station in Haifa during Israel's national elections on April 9, 2019. Photo by Meir Vaknin/Flash90.

Israel Elections Committee bans cameras put in Arab-area polling stations by Likud

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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...
Jews and Arabs play backgammon during the “Jerusalem Double” championship on Feb. 27, 2017. The competition aims to foster Jewish-Arab unity in Israel. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

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...