A poll of Israeli-Arabs showed that 47.1% of Israeli-Arabs want MK Ahmed Tibi as head of a united Arab list running for Knesset, according to a YNet report.
Dr. Ahmed Tibi is the head of the Ta’al party, and has served in the Knesset since 1999. He has also served as a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.
From 1993 to 1999 Tibi served as the political advisor to Yasser Arafat.
He has a medical degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
38.8% of Arab respondents said they didn’t care who would be in charge.
62% answered that they planned to vote in the upcoming elections. 56% voted in 2013.
The poll was run by “Stat Net” and 850 Israeli Arabs were polled.