Israel’s election rhetoric: What candidates said, and how they performed
From Netanyahu to Ben-Gvir, campaign boasts and attacks on Arab parties have been met with a deadlocked result.
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From Netanyahu to Ben-Gvir, campaign boasts and attacks on Arab parties have been met with a deadlocked result.
On Wednesday, 28 October, the Israelis woke up with an uncertain political future, after no block got in the ballot box the number of seats needed to form Government. However, one of the days was the high participation of the Arab-Israeli population. According to 'The Times of Israel', one of the factors of the rebound was the action of the Israeli National Security Minister and ultra-right-wing, Itamar Ben-Gvir. In the words of this medium, Ben-Gvir's "hard policies" united the Arabs in Israel.
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