JerusalemSilwan
East Jerusalem Palestinians cannot vote in Israel's election, but live with its results
Many also boycott municipal elections. In Silwan, one mother of three lives in a home the authorities say was built without a permit.
Most Palestinian Jerusalemites hold residency rather than citizenship and cannot vote in Israel's national elections, though policies on housing and policing shape their lives, Haaretz reported.
Haaretz spoke to Manal Jalajel, a Silwan resident whose home received a municipal demolition notice about five years ago, written in Hebrew, which she could not read.
The paper said the consequences of Israeli politics, from housing to policing, are hard for Palestinian Jerusalemites to escape.
Israel votes on 27 October.
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Source: OCHA
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Tue 27 Oct
Israel holds its general election.
Source: France 24
Sources
- Haaretz, 26 Oct 2026
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