The are dropping 14 seats in the , according to preliminary results of the . A historic score for the descendants of Palestinians who remained on their land for the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. This list of four parties, was formed last January to early elections yesterday.
In Nazareth, the leader of this motley alliance reacted immediately. "Our people always keeps his promises. We had the largest turnout of the past 15 years. This is a great success for our people. We are the surprise of these elections. We will be the third power of Parliament. We will prevent the right to form the next government, "promises .
The participation rate was yesterday almost 72%, against less than 68% in 2013. An increase which some attribute to the vote of Israeli Arabs who rarely traveled for this type of voting, so far at least.
