In Nazareth long time mayor Ramiz Jaraisi ( Hadash , Christian) finally (for the first election in autumn see here ) lost his position to his former deputy 'Ali Salam (formerly with Hadash , Muslim) after a recall election had been ordered by the Israeli Supreme Court. While some might simply argue, that after 20 years in office voters are just tired of Jaraisi, others believe the loss of the mayoralty in the so called "red city" indicates a downfall of the Communist dominated Hadash , once Israel's most important Arab party: Nazareth election beginning of end for Israel's Communist Party by Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor The loss of the Nazareth mayoralty in the March 11 recall elections marked the beginning of the end of the Israeli Communist Party in Israel. Ramez Jaraisi, the mayor for nearly four decades, lost to Ali Salam , who won more than 61% of the city’s votes. Israeli Communist leaders in Nazareth accepted defeat and issued a stat...
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