Arabs who live within the pre-1967 boundaries of Israel are Israeli citizens and are allowed to vote. They are 20% of the population, but rarely vote in large numbers. This year, the various tiny Arab splinter parties are running as a joint coalition, which is expected to boost Arab turnout substantially.
Voter fraud is not an issue, because voters must show their National ID Card.
As others have pointed out above, a high Arab turnout does not benefit Herzog (Netanyahu's opponent), because the Arab members of parliament will not sit in a coalition government with either of the two leading Jewish parties. It will, however, make it more difficult for either Herzog or Netanyahu to form a stable coalition government.
Exactly.
Who wants to have as a coalition partner a hodgepodge coalition of communist and islamist baddies?
No one in Israel with a lick of common sense.
Odds look good Zionist Union-Likud will be forced into a grand coalition government.
True, they require photo ID, but I was reading somewhere about Israeli monitors being thrown out of Arab polling locations in the past.
Fraud is always possible if the ones counting the ballots are corrupt.
Now if they installed cameras as the Election Committee Head suggested 2 years ago, I’d agree that it would be much harder to tamper with.