A new Channel 2 poll found that a majority of Arab Israelis say the Joint List MKs do not properly represent them.
According to the poll, conduct by Machon Midgam among 350 Arab Israelis, 35% of respondents said the Joint List MKs only slightly represent them, while another 21% said the Joint List MKs do not represent them at all.
Thirty percent said they feel represented by the majority-Arab party, and an additional 10% said they feel very represented.
MKs form Balad and Hadash during a plenum session voting on the state budget, in the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 29, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
Fifty six percent of respondents said they disagreed with the two Arab Israeli political factions — Hadash and Balad — who condemned Gulf Arab states for designating the Lebanese group Hezbollah a terror organization, while only 19% said they approved of the move.
However, 65% agreed with a decision by Balad MKs to meet with family members of terrorists whose bodies were held by Israeli authorities, and 17% said the move was a mistake.
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