Palestinian citizens of Israel hope election results bring change

Palestinian citizens of Israel expressed optimism on Wednesday following the strong showing of Arab parties in the elections. Vote counting indicated no clear winner, leading to potential week of negotiations to form coalition for majority of seats in parliament. The Arab-led parties could play a crucial role in coalition building. the way the preliminary results turned out they are excellent results for the Arab community we had hoped to get 15 we got more than that and god willing we will have something for us in the government something that will bring us something more from our rights we have lost a lot of rights we also have crime that is widespread among us they need to work on this issue and put an end to it. Palestinians who remain within Israel after the 1948 war surrounding its creation and the descendants today make up about 20% of the population Crime was a central issue that drew Palestinian citizens of Israel to the polls In my opinion, the election results reflect people's attitude, their desires to change, and we hope that this change will be for the better. And we expect the people who were elected to take responsibility and work on the issues that matter to our community, especially violence, crime, education and job opportunities. Polls indicate Netanyahu's Likud party has lost seats but remains the largest. There is the potential of another election if no government is formed.