The Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" described yesterday the results achieved by the Arab parties in the elections, which took place last Monday, as an "earthquake", and the newspaper indicated that the next Knesset will have 17 Arab representatives from the 48 Palestinians, given the presence of Arabs on the lists of Jewish parties .
The newspaper attributed this to the fact that Israeli Arab voters turned out in large numbers to vote, as well as they received additional support from Jewish voters.
The endless results indicate that the "Arab Joint List", which consists of Arab parties, obtained no less than 15 seats, two more than the last elections.
The newspaper attributed the major results to two main factors: the large increase in voter turnout from within Arab society, and the decline in support for Jewish parties among Arab voters.
The Israeli newspaper "Jerusalem Post" reported, the day before yesterday, that the turnout of Arab voters to vote in the elections that took place last Monday was the highest since 1999.
The head of the Arab List, Ayman Awda, expressed his happiness with the results of his list, but he expressed his dissatisfaction with the results obtained by the right-wing camp, and stressed that the list will work to prevent the head of the caretaker government Benjamin Netanyahu from forming the next government.
For his part, the secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Saeb Erekat, warned yesterday of the possibilities of speeding up the start of implementing the annexation and settlement plan after the recent Israeli parliamentary elections.
Arab voters turnout in the elections was the highest since 1999.