Arab parties in Israel accuse Netanyahu of inciting hatred to scare voters

In one social media post, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian citizens in Israel of ‘raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections’.

An Arab-Israeli woman casts her ballot during Israel's general elections on October 27, 2026 in Umm al-Fahm, Israel [Amir Levy/Getty Images]

Prominent politicians from Arab-led lists have accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of inciting hatred against Palestinian citizens in the country, in an attempt to boost his electoral prospects.

Yousef Jabareen, leader of the Joint List, said in a video statement shared on social media on Tuesday that Netanyahu knew that “we can put an end to his bloody reign”. Meanwhile, Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, denounced Netanyahu’s comments as a “scare tactic to mobilise right-wing voters and drive them to the polls”.

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In a series of posts on X on Tuesday, Netanyahu attacked Arab voters, describing them as “Muslim Brotherhood supporters” and accusing them of “raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections”.

In a separate post, Netanyahu referred to a picture of a large queue that appeared to show Palestinian citizens in Israel at a polling station, and called on right-wing Israelis to “go out and vote for Likud”, referring to his political party and describing the situation as a “matter of life and death for us”.

Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, said on Tuesday that it had received numerous reports from Arab voters of attempts to discourage them from casting their ballots. Adalah said it had also been told that queues at polling stations in Arab-majority towns were moving very slowly and, in some instances, had stopped altogether. It also reported a lack of ballot slips printed in Arabic.

The rights group said it had reported the events to Israel’s Central Elections Committee and Regional Elections Committees.

Palestinian politician Sami Abu Shehadeh, who leads the Balad party, praised Palestinian citizens in Israel in a post on X.

“There are racists for whom these pictures are frightening, but for us, they encourage us and we’ll continue with all our might! I call on Arab citizens to continue coming out in droves, it’s in our hands!” Abu Shehadeh said.

Netanyahu has claimed that his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot , would be unable to govern without the support of Arab parties. However, Eisenkot has ruled out working with any, citing a lack of shared values.

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在社交媒体上发帖指责在以色列的巴勒斯坦公民“袭击投票站并窃取选举”。

2026年10月27日，一名阿拉伯裔以色列妇女在以色列乌姆法赫姆参加以色列大选投票。[Amir Levy/Getty Images]

一些阿拉伯国家领导的知名政治人物指责以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡煽动对该国巴勒斯坦公民的仇恨，试图以此提升他的选举前景。

联合名单党领袖优素福·贾巴林周二在社交媒体上发布的一段视频声明中表示，内塔尼亚胡很清楚“我们可以结束他的血腥统治”。与此同时，阿拉伯联合名单党领袖曼苏尔·阿巴斯谴责内塔尼亚胡的言论是“一种恐吓策略，旨在动员右翼选民并促使他们投票”。

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周二，内塔尼亚胡在 X 网站上发表了一系列帖子，攻击阿拉伯选民，称他们是“穆斯林兄弟会的支持者”，并指责他们“袭击投票站并窃取选举”。

在另一篇帖子中，内塔尼亚胡提到了一张照片，照片显示以色列的一个投票站排起了长队，似乎是巴勒斯坦公民在排队。他呼吁以色列右翼人士“出去投票给利库德集团”，指的是他所在的政党，并将这种情况描述为“对我们来说是生死攸关的大事”。

以色列阿拉伯少数族裔权利法律中心Adalah周二表示，他们收到多起阿拉伯选民的报告，称有人试图阻止他们投票。Adalah还表示，他们了解到，在阿拉伯人占多数的城镇，投票站的队伍移动非常缓慢，在某些情况下甚至完全停止。此外，该中心还报告称，阿拉伯语版的选票数量不足。

该人权组织表示，已将此事报告给以色列中央选举委员会和地区选举委员会。

领导巴拉德党的巴勒斯坦政治家萨米·阿布·谢哈德在 X 网站上发帖赞扬了在以色列的巴勒斯坦公民。

“有些种族主义者会觉得这些照片很可怕，但对我们来说，它们激励着我们，我们会继续全力以赴！我呼吁阿拉伯公民继续踊跃走上街头，命运掌握在我们手中！”阿布·谢哈德说道。

内塔尼亚胡声称，他的主要竞争对手加迪·艾森科特如果没有阿拉伯政党的支持，将无法执政。然而，艾森科特以缺乏共同价值观为由，排除了与任何阿拉伯政党合作的可能性。