Politics

Historic gains for Arab-majority parties in Israeli election

Two Arab-majority parties are set to win a historic 19 seats in total, amid a record turnout at the polls in Israel on Tuesday.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated October 28, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC

The image claims to show Arab-Israelis queueing to vote, but BBC Verify analysis shows that it has been generated or manipulated by AI.

Voters from the community, descendants of Palestinians who stayed after Israel's creation and who make up around 20 percent of the population, have been enraged by the Netanyahu government's ultra-nationalist Jewish vision for the country and the Palestinian territories.

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