20150302 Israel Election Campaign 2015
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Residents of Nazareth debate politics ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
MK HANIN ZOABI (R), Balad Party and Joint Arab List candidate, briefs journalists reflected in a mirror ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
Residents of Nazareth debate politics ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
AHMAD KHALIFEH (L), Secretary-General, MOHAMMED KAIAL (C) and YOAV BAR (R), of the Abnaa el Balad Movement ("Sons of the Land"), a secular movement which aims for the return of all Palestinian refugees, an end to Israeli occupation and a one-state solution - a Palestinian state. The movement opposes participation in Israeli elections claiming Arab politicians provide false legitimacy to the racist, apartheid, state of Israel.
AYMAN ODEH, head of Joint Arab list and chairman of the Hadash party, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
AIDA TUMA, a new Hadash Party and Joint Arab List candidate, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
A view of the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth. The city may now be witnessing a turning point in Arab Israeli politics as the new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates in the March 17th 2015 elections, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset.
MK HANIN ZOABI, Balad Party and Joint Arab List candidate, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
A view of the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth. The city may now be witnessing a turning point in Arab Israeli politics as the new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates in the March 17th 2015 elections, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset.
AHMAD KHALIFEH (L), Secretary-General, MOHAMMED KAIAL (C) and YOAV BAR (R), of the Abnaa el Balad Movement ("Sons of the Land"), a secular movement which aims for the return of all Palestinian refugees, an end to Israeli occupation and a one-state solution - a Palestinian state. The movement opposes participation in Israeli elections claiming Arab politicians provide false legitimacy to the racist, apartheid, state of Israel.
AYMAN ODEH, head of Joint Arab list and chairman of the Hadash party, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
AYMAN ODEH, head of Joint Arab list and chairman of the Hadash party, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
AIDA TUMA, a new Hadash Party and Joint Arab List candidate, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
A huge banner of MK Itzchak Herzog, head of the Zionist Union, HaMaḥane HaẒioni, hangs in Jerusalem. The Zionist Union is a centre-left political alliance established by the Israeli Labor Party and Hatnuah, headed by Tsipi Livni, to create a joint electoral list to contest the 20th Knesset elections on March 17th, 2015.
A view of the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth. The city may now be witnessing a turning point in Arab Israeli politics as the new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates in the March 17th 2015 elections, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset.
A man stands beside a poster allegedly depicting Palestinian refugees expelled from Israel at the offices of the Abnaa el Balad Movement ("Sons of the Land"), a secular movement which aims for the return of all Palestinian refugees, an end to Israeli occupation and a one-state solution - a Palestinian state. The movement opposes participation in Israeli elections claiming Arab politicians provide false legitimacy to the racist, apartheid, state of Israel.
AYMAN ODEH (L), head of Joint Arab list and chairman of the Hadash party, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
MK HANIN ZOABI, Balad Party and Joint Arab List candidate, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
AYMAN ODEH, head of Joint Arab list and chairman of the Hadash party, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.
Muslim banners warn Christians against believing in Jesus outside the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth. A five year dispute broke out between the two religions in 1997 when Muslims planned to build a mosque adjacent to the Basilica of the Annunciation, dwarfing it with a 325-foot-tall minaret.
AHMAD KHALIFEH (L), Secretary-General, MOHAMMED KAIAL (C) and YOAV BAR (R), of the Abnaa el Balad Movement ("Sons of the Land"), a secular movement which aims for the return of all Palestinian refugees, an end to Israeli occupation and a one-state solution - a Palestinian state. The movement opposes participation in Israeli elections claiming Arab politicians provide false legitimacy to the racist, apartheid, state of Israel.
AHMAD KHALIFEH (L), Secretary-General, and MOHAMMED KAIAL (R), of the Abnaa el Balad Movement ("Sons of the Land"), a secular movement which aims for the return of all Palestinian refugees, an end to Israeli occupation and a one-state solution - a Palestinian state. The movement opposes participation in Israeli elections claiming Arab politicians provide false legitimacy to the racist, apartheid, state of Israel.
AYMAN ODEH (L), head of Joint Arab list and chairman of the Hadash party, briefs journalists ahead of the March 17th, 2015 elections. The new Joint Arab List, a union of four parties, is polling at around 13 of the 120 mandates, meaning it may become the third largest party in Israel's Knesset, possibly constituting a turning point in Arab Israeli politics. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of Israel's population - 800,000 Arab citizens have the right to vote in the upcoming election.