Arab-Israelis report recieving call to vote on Election Day in name of murdered girl Sousan Sultan
The call was recorded by Sousan Sultan, whose sister, Susan, was killed in April, 2025, and whose husband, Ziad, was murdered in August 2026.
Over one million Israeli-Arab citizens received a recorded phone call on Election Day, urging them to cast their votes in the name of a murdered girl named Sousan Sultan. The call was reportedly made by Sousan's sister, Susan, whose own sister, Susan, was murdered in April 2025, and whose husband, Ziad, was killed in August 2026. In the message, Sousan expressed her grief over her sister's loss and implored the voters to participate in what she called a "fateful election" for the future of Israeli Arabs.
The Standing Together organization claimed that the 2026 elections were an opportunity to effect change for Israeli Arabs, who they said were facing an "unprecedented low" in society. The organization warned that violence and crime had become the norm, and that the community could no longer remain silent in the face of such terror. They emphasized that they were taking responsibility and heading to the polls to put an end to the "distorted reality."
The call for voting in Sousan's name was part of a broader initiative by the Standing Together organization to foster a Jewish-Arab partnership as a means of rectifying the situation in Israeli society.
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