# Could Arab parties hold the balance in Israel’s next Knesset?

https://mins.news/en/item/113119

- France 24, 2026-10-23 17:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/israel-could-arab-parties-play-kingmaker-in-the-next-knesset

> Israelis are heading to the polls for the first legislative election since Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party nor former army chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party is likely to win a majority, leaving Arab parties with a potential say in the outcome.

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