A picture commemorating what Arab-Israelis call The 1956 Kufur Kassem Massacre" hangs in the Parliamentary Bureau of MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al). Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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.

The main street in Kfar Kassem leading to one of the mosques in the distance is decorated with signs of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) just one week ahead of Israeli national elections. Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "the Jews' greatest enemy are the Jews themselves because they don't learn from their own experience". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "If we can raise the Arab vote from 50 percent to 90 percent we can get 20 more seats in Knesset". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "The Jewish centralist and left parties must cooperate with us to achieve high voting percentages and to create a parliamentary block against the radical right". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "Netanyahu is a coward man, in my opinion. He is not Itzchak Rabin". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "The Jewish centralist and left parties must cooperate with us to achieve high voting percentages and to create a parliamentary block against the radical right". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "If we can raise the Arab vote from 50 percent to 90 percent we can get 20 more seats in Knesset". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "Netanyahu is a coward man, in my opinion. He is not Itzchak Rabin". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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 Ibrahim Sarsour in a press briefing states "the Jews' greatest enemy are the Jews themselves because they don't learn from their own experience". Kfar Kassem, Israel. 15-Jan-2013. MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) and Deputy Chairman of the WAQF, running for reelection for his third term in the Knesset, briefs the press in his Parliamentary Bureau. 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.