'I want to be a bridge between communities,’ says Sondos Alhoot, an Arabic and Hebrew teacher and social activist who dreams of one day being elected to the Knesset
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Drastic measure would aim to prevent criminal interference in municipal votes, report says, after a series of attacks and threats against local officials
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Suspects in targeting of Ali Salam are questioned, as epidemic of violence in Arab community increasingly affects incumbent politicians and candidates in Nazareth and elsewhere
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34-year-old dies of wounds in latest shooting, hours after anti-crime mayoral candidate and relatives shot in Nazareth
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Musab Dukhan, his brother and his cousin lightly injured in attack, according to reports, in latest incident of local Arab politicians being targeted, likely by underworld gangs
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Police chief and ministers Smotrich and Arbel, but not Ben Gvir, set to attend meeting on security of mayoral vote and candidates; Netanyahu mulls use of administrative detention
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Left-wing party was a force in municipal elections for decades, but with it now in debt and barred from subsidizing campaigns, some contenders have reluctantly dropped the brand
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Upcoming local election could be a real race for the 1st time in years, as Shas candidate Uriel Buso takes on the United Torah Judaism machine and vows to mop up sanitation issues
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Political correspondent Tal Schneider on Israeli 'midterms'; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on razed settlement outpost, IDF readiness and settler in custody over West Bank death