The Arab parties’ increased strength in the 2026 elections, with 19 seats in the Knesset, has taken the post-election debate beyond the arithmetic of government formation. The central issue is how much influence the representation won through the votes of Palestinian citizens can have in shaping the executive branch. The preemptive rejection of cooperation with parties capable of helping establish a parliamentary majority makes government options that are numerically possible politically inaccessible.
In this regard, Netanyahu’s emphasis in his election-night speech on the right’s majority among the Jewish
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