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Standing Together Founders Launch JewishArab Party Ahead of October Knesset Election

A six‑member, gender‑balanced slate seeks to mobilize low‑turnout Arab and female voters, prompting warnings that it could split the liberal vote under Israel’s 3.25% threshold.

Overview

  • Activists Alon‑Lee Green and Rula Daood announced the new party A Place for Us All and will lead its six‑person slate that is evenly split between Arab and Jewish Israelis and between men and women.
  • The party was publicly launched in Nazareth on June 15–16, and founders said it offers a new political home focused on peace, equality, social justice, and local safety.
  • Its platform emphasizes diplomacy over further war, crime reduction, free early childhood education, and a proposed minimum wage of 50 shekels.
  • Leaders cite pre‑campaign polling near 2.6% and say their main strategy is to mobilize young PalestinianIsraeli voters and women who have historically had lower turnout.
  • Critics and antigovernment groups warn that a small new list risks wasting liberal votes under the 3.25% electoral threshold and could complicate efforts to form an anti‑Netanyahu coalition, while Standing Together says it will remain officially nonpartisan and is open to tactical cooperation.