MK Afou Eghbariyeh in a press briefing states "the fact that the Soviet Union fell apart doesn't mean communism is wrong". Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

Said Eghbariyeh, 60, a distant cousin of upcoming Knesset elections candidate MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, will vote Meretz saying "the Arab parties have no influence in the Knesset". Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

Two men wearing traditional Arab kaffiyahs on their heads sit outside the offices of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

Two men wearing traditional Arab kaffiyahs on their heads sit outside the offices of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

MK Afou Eghbariyeh in a press briefing states "in recent elections the Jewish right has become more and more extreme in order to preserve its political power". Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

MK Afou Eghbariyeh in a press briefing states "in recent elections the Jewish right has become more and more extreme in order to preserve its political power". Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

A man stands in an Um El-Fahm street as a Hadash Party banner, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, hangs above, just one week before Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

MK Afou Eghbariyeh in a press briefing states "if Um El-Fahm looked like Hadera or Afula with true equality everyone here would serve in National Service". Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

MK Afou Eghbariyeh in a press briefing states "the fact that the Soviet Union fell apart doesn't mean communism is wrong". Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

A poster depicting MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party is pasted on the front window of the party's office. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

A journalist uses a tablet to video-graph a press briefing by MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party just one week before Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.

Two women in traditional Arab clothes walk down an alley displaying an elections poster with the photo of MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Afou Eghbariyeh of the Hadash Party, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, running for reelection for his second term in the Knesset, briefs the press one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Um El-Fahm, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. Arab-Israelis make up about 20 percent of Israel's population. Some 800,000 have the right to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections (January 22nd); with voter turnout declining across all sectors of Israel society, some analysts are expecting a drop in participation among Muslim, Christian and other Arab-Israeli citizens (or "Palestinians in Israel" as some call themselves today). Professor Asa'd Ghanem reported in a recent press briefing, one third of Arabs who participated in a recent Haifa University poll described themselves as apathetic and rarely voting in national elections while another third said they don't vote at all. This election season has already been marked by rancorous debate among Arab leaders in Israel, and a general dissatisfaction expressed by Arab citizens with their communal leaders.