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Record Palestinian turnout inside Israel in elections boosts their political weight against the right

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Arab citizens of Israel turned out in record numbers for the Knesset election, which gives their parties greater weight against the right-wing bloc in forming the next government.

Arab citizens of Israel make up roughly a fifth of its population and have their own parties, which ran in recent Knesset elections as a joint list.

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