ABSTRACT

This article seeks to analyse the political behaviour of the Arab sector in Israel in the three rounds of general elections held between April 2019 to March 2020. In the first round (April 9), despite high expectations within the Arab sector of seeing a joint Arab list competing in the elections for the 21^st Knesset, the joint list was dismantled. Arab voters expressed their disappointment and stayed away from the ballot box. The political result was a decline from 13 to 10 parliamentary seats. In the second round (September 17) the joint list was reunited and won 13 seats again. In the third round (March 2020) it won 15 seats after competing yet again as a joint party. These experiences show that boycotting the elections harms the Arab minority while combining all political parties brings greater political influence.

摘要

本文旨在分析在2019年4月至2020年3月举行的三轮大选中以色列阿拉伯部门的政治行为。在第一轮（4月9日）中，尽管阿拉伯部门内部对联合阿拉伯人的期望很高参加第21^届选举的清单以色列议会，联合名单被撤消。阿拉伯选民表示失望，并远离投票箱。政治结果是将议会席位从13个减少到10个。在第二轮（9月17日）中，联合名单重新团聚，再次赢得13个席位。在第三轮（2020年3月）中，它再次作为联合政党参赛后赢得了15个席位。这些经验表明，抵制选举会损害阿拉伯少数民族，而合并所有政党则会带来更大的政治影响力。