Video Ad Feedback Top Arab leader: Ready to help Israel's opposition bloc 3:51 • Source: CNN Top Arab leader: Ready to help Israel's opposition bloc 3:51 See all topics Email Link Copied! Taibeh, Israel — 

For decades, many Palestinian citizens of Israel stayed away from the polls, refusing to legitimize a system they say has oppressed their people, sidelined their concerns, and failed to represent them.

But this time felt different: after four years under the most right-wing government in Israel’s history, hundreds of thousands of Arab voters decided they could not afford to sit on the sidelines.