Arab parties

Israel cannot promote democracy while sidelining Arab voters - opinion

Israel’s Arab misrepresentation by government officials and the disparaging rhetoric they face stain Israeli democracy and allow Israel’s adversaries to portray the country as their caricature.

An electoral billboard for the United Arab List led by Mansour Abbas is displayed in the predominantly-Arab city of Kafr Qasim in central Israel on October 19, 2026.
ILLUSTRATIVE: View of the Arab-Israeli town of Bayada, northern Israel. February 13, 2025.

Most young Arab Israelis are willing to vote for non-Arab parties, demand solution for crime - poll

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Yashar ahead of Likud in election polls, but Knesset majority still out of reach for both - poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Jerusalem District Court, October 11, 2026.

'I am very worried': Netanyahu unsure about victory in Israeli election, says he will not retire


What is the objective of the Palestinian Arabs?

The question is how do the Palestinian Arabs see their own future?

Arabs residents of Jerusalem 521

Pence speech rife with biblical references rocks the Knesset

VP Pence’s Biblical speech to Knesset met with multiple standing ovations.

US Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem January 22, 2018

Ministry investing NIS 15 million to integrate 1,500 Arab citizens into hi-tech sector

“We want to see more and more young men and women from the Arab sector integrating into hi-tech industries. This will contribute to their well-being and help narrow the gaps in Israeli society."

AN ISRAELI ARAB casts her vote at a polling station inside a church in the northern village of Reina on March 17, 2015.

Concern mounts among Arab rights groups over revocations of citizenship

Interior Minister Arye Deri said he hoped stripping former MK Azmi Bishara’s citizenship would help deter future spies.

Former Balad MK Azmi Bishara

Beijing is on board with advancing the peace process, says Abbas

Abbas praised China’s fourpoint plan to resolve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, and said the Palestinians are ready to coordinate with Beijing to implement it.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas (second left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday

Arab-Israeli lawmaker warns of third intifada after Friday attack

Ayman Odeh leaders criticize closure of Aksa Mosque after two policemen are shot dead.

HADASH MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List, speaks at the Knesset in this file photo.

PA'S Abbas, Arab MKs welcome Gabbay's Labor leadership win

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay stressed both security and readiness to negotiate with the Palestinians in his leadership election campaign.

Avi Gabbay, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labor party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv

Arabic's future as an official language in Israel at risk, legislators warn

Arab Mks say that should a bill proposing to eliminate Arabic's official status in the country pass, it will be a "nakba of our language."

A road sign in English, Hebrew, and Arabic points to the Israeli settlement of Susiya

Former MK Basel Ghattas to enter prison for phone smuggling affair

Ghattas, who accepted the sentence as part of the plea deal in March said he smuggled the phones and SIM cards for “humanitarian and moral reasons.”

Balad MK Basel Ghattas

Arab leaders ask Rivlin for better crime-fighting

The meeting took place at the annual iftar dinner hosted by President Reuven Rivlin on Monday.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN addresses the Holocaust Remembrance Day opening ceremony at Yad Vashem on Sunday