Orly Noy

“It was clear from campaigning that there was going to be a large turnout,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Noy explained that the large Palestinian turnout was anticipated during campaigning due to the coalition's actions in Gaza and rising crime.

“The [governing] coalition had shown there were no red lines in Gaza and Palestinians in Israel sensed they might be next. People also just couldn’t face another term of soaring crime and a police force headed by [far-right National Security Minister] Itamar Ben-Gvir.”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Noy described motivations behind the surge in Palestinian voter turnout, including the Gaza war and soaring crime under Ben-Gvir's police force.

“What few rights Palestinians had have been slipping away since October 7. The last tool they had in their toolbox – the only thing they had that was equal to everyone else – was their vote, so they used that in massive numbers, but even that now seems to be being undermined and delegitimised,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Noy said Palestinians used their vote in massive numbers as their last remaining equal right, but that it is now being undermined and delegitimised.

“Instead, we’re hearing elements of the opposition talking about joining with Netanyahu in some kind of National Unity government. That’s both a measure of how racist these parties are, when they won’t align with Arabs to form a majority, as well as how profoundly undemocratic they are,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Noy criticised opposition elements considering a National Unity government with Netanyahu, calling it both racist and profoundly undemocratic.

“Why are the opposition and the press even thinking of this as a three-way split? In any other rational democracy, people would be framing this as an overwhelming victory for the opposition and a rejection of Netanyahu, but we’re not doing that,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Noy questioned why the opposition and press frame the result as a three-way split rather than an overwhelming victory against Netanyahu.

“You can’t really understand the extent of the madness from outside of the country,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19

Orly Noy commented on the backlash against the NAZA filmmakers in Israel.

“I’ve had anxieties over where Israel had been going for a long time,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19

Noy expressed long-standing anxieties about Israel's direction.

“They’re attacking the friends and families of [the filmmakers] Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. They’re talking about revoking their citizenship. They’re asking the Shin Bet to investigate them – for making a film, and it isn’t just the politicians. Journalists, who you might expect to show some kind of solidarity with them, are competing to attack them. It’s scary.”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19

Noy described attacks on the filmmakers' friends and families and calls for revoking their citizenship.

“But I think only now, for those of us who live here, is the extent of the fascism becoming clear. Journalists, politicians and the media are forming some kind of incitement machine.”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19

Noy described journalists, politicians, and the media as forming an incitement machine.

“Everything gets heightened the closer to the election we get,”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19

Noy said everything gets heightened closer to the election.

“but right now I’m genuinely worried for my friends and colleagues.”

Orly Noy · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19

Noy said she is genuinely worried for her friends and colleagues.