The fifth election in Israel in less than four years attracted the attention of the Arab world, mainly due to the political instability and the interest surrounding the voting rate in the Arab society in the country.
"The 'Israeli tribes' choose: stability lost," read the main headline of the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, close to Hezbollah.
A picture with the worried faces of Lapid, Gantz and Mansor Abbas was shown on the cover.
"Today, Israel is conducting the fifth parliamentary elections in three and a half years. If the external competition is limited to two camps, then it is a matter of approval by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his opponents," the Lebanese newspaper said.
The author also noted that "as was the case in the last election rounds - there are no serious election plans by the competitors, but a competition between them for the greatest force on the right. Hence, the scenario of a high proportion of extremists in the public opinion polls in recent weeks is not surprising, while the left-wing parties are struggling to pass the blocking percentage." .
Hadash-Ta'al., Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
At the same time, the popular Saudi newspaper "A-Sharq Al-Awast" highlighted the struggle for the Arab vote in the elections for the 25th Knesset.
"Israel is voting, a fight for the Arab voice," read the news on the front page of the newspaper.
"Israelis are voting today for the fifth time in less than four years against the backdrop of the collapse of the coalition government of former Prime Minister Netanyahu that fell last year," the newspaper wrote, referring to the collapse of the Netanyahu-Ganz government, the one that preceded the Bennett-Lapid government.
"According to the polls, the right-wing camp led by Netanyahu receives between 59 and 61 mandates and aims to win three mandates from the Arab votes, while Prime Minister Lapid's camp receives 57-56 mandates in the polls. It seems that the remaining mandates will go to the alliance between Hadash and Tel Aviv that stands between the two camps. "This is in light of the fact that Israel is at the mercy of the Arab voters, whose voices the two camps are fighting for. They have become those who are able to decide the battle in favor of one of the parties, but it appears that more than half of them will refrain from voting," we diagnosed in "A-Shark Al-Awast".
In the Qatar-affiliated Al-Arabi Al-Jadid newspaper, the headline stated that the fifth elections in Israel are underway in an effort to encourage the general voter turnout.
"The issue of raising the voter turnout is a central axis in these elections and each side sees them as the keys to breaking the state of equality and reaching a relatively stable government and coalition. In the right-wing camp led by Netanyahu, the effort is focused on raising the voter turnout of the Jews on the right and recruiting more than 300,000 voters who are estimated to have supported Netanyahu, but did not Went out for the last time," it said.
It was also noted that all polls and estimates recognize that if the voter turnout among Israeli Arabs exceeds 53 percent - this may decide the fate of the elections by removing Netanyahu from his dream of returning to the prime ministership, especially if all three Arab parties - Ra'am, Hadash - Ta'al and Balad - will pass the percentage of blocking and will receive 12 mandates.
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