The March 23 elections were about as interesting for Arab Israeli voters as the weather in Europe. Ironically, these elections saw the Arab electorate in high demand – but it was not enough to shake voters out of their apathy or bolster their confidence in Israel's political parties and state institutions.
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If anything, the low voter turnout in the Arab Israeli sector proves that they have lost faith – in the government and local authorities, in the police and in the judiciary. But most of all, the average Arab Israeli has lost faith in his elected officials and in their ability to represent his interests.
Ra'am's split from the Joint Arab List, an alliance comprising Balad, Ta'al, and Hadash, almost cut the Arab electorate in half – and it would have had Ra'am not squeezed passed the electoral threshold, eventually securing five Knesset seats.
The majority of Arab Israelis want to take part in the political game, but they want to do so via pragmatic elected officials, who have no interest in separatist and contrarian politics. But voter-fatigue got the better of most and they just stayed home.
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