Some of Israel's young Arab citizens are calling for a boycott of Tuesday&#...
HAIFA, Israel - Some of Israel’s young Arab citizens are calling for a boycott of Tuesday’s parliamentary election, dismayed by a recent law which they say reduces them to second-class citizens.
Leaders of Israel’s main Arab parties are pushing for their voters to turn out, fearing a boycott would weaken the 21-percent Arab minority’s representation in parliament, and boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election chances. According to figures released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, there were 1.9 million Arabs in Israel’s roughly 9 million population at the start of 2019. Most were Muslims, Christians or Druze. Jews made up 74.3 percent of the population.Despite holding Israeli citizenship, many Arabs say their communities, from the fertile Galilee in the north to the Negev desert in the south, face discrimination in areas such as health, education and housing.
Hours before the polls closed on election day that year, Netanyahu said that Arabs were flocking “in droves” to cast ballots. This was an attempt to prod any complacent right-wing supporters to get out and vote for him. In the 2015 election, Israel’s four Arab-dominated political parties united to form a “Joint List” that won 13 seats - their biggest representation yet.
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