JERUSALEM — Facing an increased electoral threshold that threatens to bar small parties from Parliament, Israel’s Arab political factions announced on Friday the formation of a single ticket for the March elections.
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“It is natural that they have different worldviews and different voters,” Professor Jamal said. “On the other hand, the Arab public expects this to be more on the level of principle, based on a working plan that will dictate how the Arab representatives will act in the Parliament, and not that the package fall apart after the elections. If they want voter turnout to increase, and it is important that it does, then it is important that they start laying down the guidelines for how they will work together and which goals they will set.”
