{
  "id": 16936169,
  "title": "Arab Israelis proud of high election turnout, uncertain for future",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/arab-israelis-proud-of-high-election-turnout-uncertain-for-future",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T17:30:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/arab-israelis-proud-high-election-turnout-uncertain-future"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A librarian in an Arab town in northern Israel, Maysa Nasser never thought to vote in national elections. But on Tuesday she cast a ballot for the first time, stung by the racism she has felt from the hard-right government. Many in Israel's Arab minority felt like her, heading in unprecedented numbers to the polls out of fury at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Winning a record number of seats,…",
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Netanyahu warns of Arab voter surge in Israel's election in desperate bid to woo support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/netanyahu-warns-of-arab-voter-surge-in-israels-election-in-desperate",
        "published": "2026-10-27T16:43:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "+972 Magazine",
        "title": "How Ben Gvir and Smotrich helped drive historic Arab voter turnout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/how-ben-gvir-and-smotrich-helped-drive-historic-arab-voter-turnout",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:29:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "'Arab parties are a force you can't ignore': Israel's election had the Arab world glued to its screens, too",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/arab-parties-are-a-force-you-cant-ignore-israels-election-had-the",
        "published": "2026-10-28T18:46:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Likud claims election ‘stolen’ by Arab parties following their record performance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/likud-claims-election-stolen-by-arab-parties-following-their-record",
        "published": "2026-10-28T18:53:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}