Keen for change, Israel’s Arab minority sees election as existential

MAJD AL-KRUM, Israel: After boycotting Israeli parliamentary elections his entire life, 55-year-old Said Kabat will head to the polls for the first time on October 27. For him, the vote is existential — if a right-wing government is returned to power, he fears for the future of Israel’s Arab minority, to which he belongs. The pharmacist from the Arab village of Majd Al-Krum in northern Israel told AFP he used to boycott elections “all the time. ” “But now, I will go out and vote, ” he said, concer

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