Gadi Eisenkot

With just days until Israel's general election, opinion polls suggest neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition nor the centrist Change Bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot commands a clear path to a parliamentary majority, leaving Arab-majority parties potentially holding a critical balance of power. Arab Israelis, who make up about a fifth of the population, face a strong push to vote after years of disaffection and what activists describe as systematic discrimination and incitement.