What do we know about the Arab presence in the legislative elections in Israel?
After voting in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his concern over the high turnout of Arab voters in Tuesday's legislative elections, and warned against "stealing the election." In a series of posts, Netanyahu emphasized the long lines in front of the polling stations in Arab communities, and published a photo that he said showed Arabs, including women wearing the niqab, waiting to vote. Arabs, most of whom are of Palestinian origin, make up about 21 percent of Israel's population of 10 million people, and usually participated in the vote at lower rates than Jewish Israelis. The Adalah Legal Center for the Rights of the Arab Minority in Israel announced for its part that complaints were received, after the start of voting in the elections, about the lack of Arabic language ballots in a number of voting centers.
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