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Nytimes israel september elections3/13/2024 Politically-motivated electoral boycotts are also the result of negative perceptions of Palestinian politicians and the public’s awareness of inter-party divisions and parliamentary ineffectiveness. A decrease in the perceived democratic nature of Israel, as evidenced in recent polls, has coincided with feelings of non-influence in a system that enables socio-economic stratification and political disempowerment among the Palestinian minority. It is the existence of these legal and social impediment tactics that, at times, lead to ideological electoral boycotts by members of the Palestinian community. This work is concerned with the structural obstacles –– primarily put in place and sustained by the Israeli right wing –– that seek to impede Palestinian influence at the polls and in the Knesset. This report, therefore, seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of the exogenous and endogenous drivers of reduced Palestinian political engagement. While low Israeli-Palestinian electoral participation and the resulting disproportionate parliamentary representation have hampered political influence, these factors are merely one part of a multi-faceted and multi-causal picture. As a multi-party parliamentary democracy with a relatively low electoral threshold, in theory, Israel would allow for a proportional representation and inclusion of its minority stakeholders. Despite constituting about 20 percent of the Israeli population, Israel’s Palestinian minority does not wield significant political power throughout Israeli history Palestinian parties have played the role of the permanent opposition.
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