Supporters of the United Arab List (Ra’am) party gather following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. Photo (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

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Israel’s far right brought national politics into every Arab home. On election day, Palestinian citizens proved that fear and despair need not mean silence.
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Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from reaching their land in the occupied West Bank village of Idhna, where Israeli settlers had burned their crops, May 5, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

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Expanded land seizures, mass displacement, and over 100 new Jewish settlements have transformed an already fragmented territory.
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Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen and other party members attend the party's Hebrew-langauge campaign launch event, ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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The Joint List and Ra’am proved decisive in Israel's election. But they offer different answers on how far to bend in pursuit of Jewish support.
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Israeli forces demolish homes in the Farsh Al-Hawa area of Hebron, following a deadly attack on a checkpoint nearby, West Bank, October 23, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

In Hebron, Netanyahu is turning displacement into an election spectacle

Israel expelled 4,000 Palestinians in four days, destroying many of their homes and engineering a new reality we fear will become permanent.
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What’s at stake for Palestinian citizens in Israel’s election?

Leena Dallasheh discusses the echoes of military rule in today’s crackdown on Palestinian dissent, and the struggle for a more substantive form of citizenship.
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