“The increase in the percentages of far-right religious parties in the Israeli elections (…) testifies to the rise of extremism and racism in Israeli society, from which our people have been suffering for years,” Mr. Stageh stressed in a press release which he released in Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority.
The results of the parliamentary elections held yesterday Tuesday in Israel testify to the “rise of extremism and racism” in Israeli society, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Stageh commented today, after the publication of six polls that record a jump in the votes of the Israeli extreme right.
“The increase in the percentages of far-right religious parties in the Israeli elections (…) testifies to the rise of extremism and racism in Israeli society, from which our people have been suffering for years,” Mr. Stageh stressed in a press release which he released in Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority.
“We had no illusions that the Israeli elections would reveal a partner for peace,” Mr. Stageh added.
Forecasts by Israeli television networks credit Likud, the right-wing faction of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with a percentage capable of giving it first place with about thirty seats, ahead of outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid (“There Is a Future”) party. with about 24 seats.
The Religious Zionist faction is on course to double its strength, picking up 14 members in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in exit polls that also bode well for so-called ultra-Orthodox religious parties.
According to the exit polls, Mr. Netanyahu is on course to secure a majority of seats in the Knesset if the seats of the religious parties and the far right are included.
“The results show that Netanyahu has a better chance of forming a government with fascists on his side. And this worries us a lot (…) as it shows the direction this country is taking and what awaits the Palestinians who live in this country,” Aida Touma-Suleiman, a member of parliament from the Israeli Arab Hadash faction, pointed out to Agence France-Presse. Taal (“Democratic Front for Peace and Equality”).
Israel’s Arab minority (about 20% of the population) consists mainly of the descendants of Palestinians who remained in their lands after the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948.
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