TEL AVIV: Arab parties have increased their representation in Israel’s newly elected parliament, juxtaposed against a notable increase in support for Jewish right-wing parties.
According to the votes counted so far, the new Knesset (Israel’s parliament) will have one extra Arab member in the 18th assembly, compared to the previous parliament, and possibly an additional seat on top of that, after all the votes are counted.
The breakdown is three members for the Balad party, four members for Ra’am-Ta’al and four members for Hadash, a mixed Jewish-Arab party that had three members in the previous Knesset.
Pre-elections polls predicted the Arab parties would get far fewer seats than they eventually gained.
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