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Final newspaper polls give right wing narrowest lead of race

Four days before elections, support for Likud-Beytenu is lower than ever; 15% of voters remain undecided

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Arab League tries to turn out the Arab-Israeli vote

Cairo-based organization warns Israel may be able to pass ‘racist laws against the Arabs’ with greater ease if there are too few Arab Knesset members

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Israeli-Arab, female and headed for the Knesset

In an unprecedented breakthrough, Nadia Hilou (Labor), Nabila Espanioly (Hadash) and Hanin Zoabi (Balad) may all serve as MKs during the same term

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Who made the cut?

A complete list of all the presumptive Knesset-bound candidates

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The numbers behind the results

Netanyahu won less than a quarter of the popular vote; final turnout 67.52%; over 250,000 envelopes went to waste

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Next Knesset to receive boost in female power

Record 27 women win seats in elections, nearly a quarter of new legislature

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The 120 members of the 19th Knesset

Israel’s MKs, arranged by party

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Knesset Iftar meal canceled due to Arab MKs’ boycott

Arab parties angered by passage of Bedouin resettlement plan and the Knesset speaker’s disciplinary measures against MKs

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Knesset committee votes to raise electoral threshold to 4%

Opposition’s Arab and ultra-Orthodox parties attack proposal, saying it’s hypocritical and anti-democratic

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For Arab voters, a boon in disguise

Why a government plan to increase the electoral threshold, blasted as ‘racist’ by Arab parties, might be the best news Israel’s Arab citizens have heard in a long time

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Palestinian and Israeli negotiators hold clandestine talks in Jerusalem

Abbas meets with Hadash party members in Ramallah, calls on Israel to refrain from ‘stacking obstacles’ ahead of negotiations

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Knesset schedules marathon votes next week on key bills

In just four days, lawmakers to debate and cast final votes on Haredi draft, electoral threshold, peace referendum

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What if the Arab parties go gentle into the night?

In succumbing to the provisions of the Governance Bill, Balad, Ra’am Ta’al and Hadash could deprive Israel of a key pluralistic credential

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MK Mohammad Barakeh convicted for 2006 altercation

Hadash party leader found guilty of attacking a right-wing activist during demonstration against Second Lebanon War

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How Rivlin nearly lost the presidency, and why it matters

Rivlin may be president, but it was Meir Sheetrit’s stunning showing that highlighted the raw power of the new Herzog-Livni axis and revealed where the political winds are blowing

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Netanyahu to Arab parties: I am PM for all Israelis

On second day of coalition talks, Jewish Home and Shas spar; Likud-Beytenu representatives meet with Hatnua and Kadima

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In Knesset, an upbeat start for a shadow peace summit

Lawmakers from Jerusalem and Ramallah unite under flag of conciliation to support peace talks, two-state solution

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Electoral reform bill moves forward, but PM to reconsider support

Arab MKs stage dramatic silent protest in Knesset plenum over law that would raise electoral threshold beyond the current showing of any Arab party

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For sole Jewish-Arab party, new law may be a death blow

But some Arab MKs view Governance Bill, raising electoral threshold to 3.25 percent, as a possible blessing in disguise

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Lawmakers spar over force-feeding fasting prisoners

Knesset Interior Committee chair Miri Regev calls Arab Israeli MK Hanin Zoabi ‘traitor’ over opposition to bill

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