disenfranchisement

Wake-up Call: 47 years of disenfranchisement
Did you know that in 15 out of Israel’s 20 elections one in three people living under Israeli rule haven’t had a vote? Ami Kaufman has a wake-up call for you. Click here for +972’s full coverage of Israeli elections
By Ami Kaufman March 9, 2015
File photo of a Palestinian woman voting in Bethlehem. (Photo by Activestills.org)
Why I’m ‘giving’ my vote to a Palestinian in Israel’s elections
‘I very much want to vote for the party that best represents my ideological leanings; I’m waiving that right in these elections because so many others living under this government’s control can’t vote at all.’ By A. Daniel Roth Millions of people will go to the polls on March 17th to decide who will represent…
By +972 Magazine February 11, 2015
Hebron demonstrators were calling upon Obama to remember the civil rights movement in the US (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
No Voice: Hopes for Israeli elections from those who cannot vote
Over 200,000 people with no legal status live in Israel today. There are another 4 million in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. All of these people are directly affected by Israeli elections but they have not right to vote. This is what they have to say — about the Right and the Left, the…
By +972 Magazine February 6, 2015
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