Voters at Bedouin town report waiting over four hours to vote. Palestinian Bedouin voters in Shaqib al-Salam, a Bedouin town and local council in the Southern District of Israel, reported waiting more than four hours to cast their ballots.
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Voters at Bedouin town report waiting over four hours to vote
27 October 2026 19:11 GMT
Palestinian Bedouin voters reported waiting more than four hours to cast their ballots in Shaqib al-Salam, a Bedouin town and a local council in the Southern District of Israel, with some leaving as hundreds queued outside a polling station, Haaretz reported.
Some travelled dozens of kilometres to vote.
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