Arab parties Ra'am, Joint List soar to 17-18 seats amid high turnout, election exit polls show
The projections would give the two parties combined either 18 or 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset, compared with their five seats each in the outgoing parliament
Assessment
Two Arab-led parties are projected to nearly double their combined Knesset strength in a single election, a surge driven by high turnout. If the exit polls hold, their bloc would jump from 10 to 17 or 18 seats, giving them real weight in coalition arithmetic. The question is whether that translates into influence or remains a protest bump.