Arab-majority parties make historic gains in Israeli election
After the first projections in Israel's parliamentary election on 27 October, France 24 reports historic gains for Arab-majority parties, including the Arab-led Joint List alliance. The source gives no exact results.
Arab-majority parties have made historic gains in Israel's election, according to the international news channel France 24. The first projections were broadcast on 27 October, and France 24 published its report on 28 October.
After the projections appeared, Youssef Jabareen, the leader of the Joint List, an Arab-led political alliance, was at the alliance's headquarters in Nazareth, a city in northern Israel. An AFP photograph from that moment accompanies the France 24 report.
What is known
The source says only that Arab-majority parties did better than before and describes the advance as historic. It gives no vote totals or seat numbers, and it does not say what the result means for forming a government.
Because the available information is limited, the official results and their significance for coalition-building will need to be confirmed once they are known.
