On Tuesday, polling stations opened for 6.78 million Israelis to choose a new government. It is the fifth election in just under four years. Nearly 16% or 1.76 million Israelis have already voted by 10 am local time, the highest percentage since 1981, according to the Central Elections Committee. Almost 1.1 million Palestinian citizens of Israel are eligible to cast their vote. However, they are the group with the largest turnout variation, making them an important factor in deciding the general outcome of the elections. According to analysts, if slightly more than 53 per cent of eligible ‘Ara…