Elections: Parliamentary, Locals Trade-Unionist

Abstract

This chapter examines the participation and experience of the Arab minority in parliamentary, local, and trade unionist elections in Israel from 1967—1981. It focuses on Arab parliamentary voting after 1967, or six electoral contests in the years 1969—1988. The key findings include the 69.7 to 80.3 percent decline in Arab participation in voting during the 1960s and 1970s, the stability of the electoral results of the Jewish parties in the Arab sector, and the conservative and moderate for the Knesset in small Arab villages. This chapter also highlights the developments in Arab voting in local elections and in the trade union group Histadrut.