Happy with the achievement but fearing the establishment of a right-wing government: The PM welcomed the results of the three samples that gave the party 5 seats in the 25th Knesset. The party also expressed hope that the true results would herald a sixth seat for the party.
"I thank all the Arab voters who voted for all the Arab parties," said RAM chairman Mansour Abbas.
"The results of the sample are not final and our strength is the strength of the other Arab parties and I wish the other parties to pass the blocking percentage."
Mansor Abbas arrives at the election headquarters of the Prime Minister // Photo: Michel Machol
Abbas added: "We want to be main players in the day-to-day life of the State of Israel, we came to work and serve the general Arab public, the one who voted for us and the one who didn't. We are here and we are not going anywhere. Thank you to those who invested and to all the workers in the Ra'am party. We are still at the beginning The way and we believe that the day will come when we will stand firm together to serve our public."
MK Walid Taha responded to the results of the polls and said that "in the previous elections all the polls gave the Prime Minister 0 mandates. Now all the polls gave us 5 mandates. I would recommend waiting for the true results to see if we increase to 6 mandates or remain at 5 mandates I would like to hope that there will be fluctuations in the results of the sample, so that Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to establish a fascist government with the racists Ben Gabir and Smotrich. Along with the joy of the achievement we recorded, I have pains in my stomach over Netanyahu's overall result, which allows him to establish a fascist government."
Ra'am member Iman Khatib said at the headquarters: "We came to influence from a point of strength, a point of trust of the Arab society for us as a party. Thank you to everyone, every woman and young person who voted and believed in us in the Ra'am party."
Balad's sign. The party may decide the elections, photo: Yossi Zeliger
In the meantime, the models also predicted a 3.0% Balad party. If the Arab party eventually passes the blocking percentage, this may change the picture of the blocs and reduce the right-wing camp to only 60 seats.
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