Thousands of Israeli Arabs demonstrated against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest Saturday in Nazareth. The demonstrators called for the ouster of Netanyahu and his governing Likud Party in the May 17 elections. The votes of Israeli Arabs, who make up 12 percent of the electorate, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, could prove crucial in the tight race for prime minister.
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