Knesset elections; Differential participation of social groups and geographic divisions in Israel Mohammad Mohsen Faizi, an expert on Palestinian issues, wrote in "Iran": The Knesset elections in Israel should not be analyzed only through the lens of the number of mandates of the parties and the subsequent competition to form a coalition, which is heating up these days. The increase of over 7 percentage points in participation indicates the increase in participation in the first elections after October 7 and in the shadow of three years of political and security crises. According to the assessment of the Center for Israel Studies, the participation of the Arab community reached about 80%; A figure higher than the general average and much higher than the 2022 election, which was about 45 percent. In the kibbutzim affected by the attack on October 7, such as Nireuz, it was 25.2%, Kfar Gaza 33.6% and Beiri 35.8%. The 2026 election was not just a partisan contest; It was a kind of political census of a divided society with differences in the participation rate. Read the full text here.

Knesset elections; Differential participation of social groups and geographic divisions in Israel Mohammad Mohsen Faizi, an expert on Palestinian issues, wrote in "Iran": The Knesset elections in Israel should not be analyzed only through the lens of the number of mandates of the parties and the subsequent competition to form a coalition, which is heating up these days. The increase of over 7 percentage points in participation indicates the increase in participation in the first elections after October 7 and in the shadow of three years of political and security crises. According to the assessment of the Center for Israel Studies, the participation of the Arab community reached about 80%; A figure higher than the general average and much higher than the 2022 election, which was about 45 percent. In the kibbutzim affected by the attack on October 7, such as Nireuz, it was 25.2%, Kfar Gaza 33.6% and Beiri 35.8%. The 2026 election was not just a partisan contest; It was a kind of political census of a divided society with differences in the participation rate. Read the full text here.