How can the Arab parties determine the balance of power in the captive elections?

Yoland Nel.

The Middle East Reporter, Nazareth.

During rush hour traffic in Nazareth, the largest captive Arab city in Israel, the students hand out leaflets on the side of the street and ask drivers to participate in the national and competitive elections. Polls show that Arab parties may be in a position to play a decisive role in the balance of power.

Political disillusionment in the past often reduced the participation of captive Arabs in elections; A group that makes up about a fifth of the country's population, and many of them consider themselves Palestinians, citizens of Israel. But in these elections there is a massive effort to remove the most right-wing ruling coalition in the history of Israel's captives; A coalition consisting of Benjamin Netanyahu, the veteran Israeli Prime Minister, and the far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties. Arkan Badran, 23, who distributes leaflets with the students, says: "I see it as our duty to help overthrow this extremist government. They treat us as second-class citizens."

He adds: "I ask all young men and women to vote for Arab lists; lists that represent us, because it concerns our future."