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In this Thursday, March 5, 2020 photo, Israeli Arabs in a coffee shop near an election campaign poster showing Israeli Politician Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List in Tira, Israel. A surge in Arab voter turnout was key to depriving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist allies of a parliamentary majority in this week’s Israeli election. Undercutting Netanyahu’s ambitions was celebrated as sweet payback in the nearly 2 million-strong minority that the hard-line leader had relentlessly tried to tarnish as disloyal to the state. The Arabic reads, "I sit with you." (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

In this Thursday, March 5, 2020 photo, Israeli Arabs in a coffee shop near an election campaign poster showing Israeli Politician Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List in Tira, Israel. A surge in Arab voter turnout was key to depriving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist allies of a parliamentary majority in this week’s Israeli election. Undercutting Netanyahu’s ambitions was celebrated as sweet payback in the nearly 2 million-strong minority that the hard…

March 5, 2020

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Arab voters key to blocking Netanyahu-led hard-line majority
March 5, 2020 11:22 p.m.

Arab voters key to blocking Netanyahu-led hard-line majority

TIRA, Israel (AP) — A surge in Arab voter turnout was key to depriving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist allies of a parliamentary majority in this week’s Israeli election.