Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu

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Says Arab voters showed a clear eagerness for civic and political engagement.

Arab-led parties won 19 seats in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset, nearly double their previous 10, after roughly 80% of eligible Palestinian citizens voted. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor challenger Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc reached the 61 seats needed to govern.

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