Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMore than 60 percent of the voters in Umm al-Fahm stayed home on Election Day in 2022. As crime rates soar and discrimination against Arab citizens intensifies, will despair drive them to the polls this October – or further entrench their political disengagement?Judy Maltz05:44 PM • July 13 2026 IDTThe dozens standing outside Umm al-Fahm's City Hall are on alert, ready to pounce at any sign of trouble. What prompted this hastily convened gathering is the surprise visit to this large Arab city of one of the most polarizing, far-right figures in Israeli politics.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli politicsIsraeli electionsArab IsraelisHadashUnited Arab ListIsrael Elections 2026CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel NewsIranMahmoud AhmadinejadLindsey GrahamStrait of HormuzRo KhannaIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Arab City Drawing Attention From Both Ends of Israel's Political SpectrumAn Evening With Clavicular in Tel Aviv: Livestreams, Soldiers and MisogynySaudi Arabia Strikes Houthi Airport in Yemen to Prevent Landing of Iranian PlaneTrump: U.S. 'Reinstating the Iranian Blockade' in Strait of HormuzNetanyahu's Last Stand? What to Know About Israel's 2026 ElectionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelEgypt Lost the World Cup. But Was the Referee Really Jewish?Inside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWAInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahamadinijad as Iran's Leader