Arab party leader warns of ‘Knesset without Arabs’

Hadash-Ta’al party leader Ayman Odeh says the historically low turnout among Arab voters being reported by pollsters could mean a “Knesset without Arab representation,” in the latest warning by Arab leaders urging voters to go to the polls.

“We’re moving forward with all our strength, going home to home and calling on people to go out and vote. Our nightmare, which is Prime Minister [Netanyahu’s] fantasy — a Knesset without Arab representation — suddenly looks like a realistic possibility,” Odeh says in a statement.

“I know ‘gevalt’ is Yiddish,” he quips — such warnings to voters on election day are termed “gevalt campaigns” in the Hebrew press — “but our fears for our children’s future are universal.”

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