Arab parties

Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll

The bloc averages also show no clear outcome: Netanyahu’s bloc, including Winter, stands at 53.6 seats, compared with 53.4 for the Zionist opposition bloc.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.
The Knesset

Qualifying threshold considerations - opinion

Results of a Maariv poll measuring how many seats each party would receive in the October 2026 Knesset elections, results shared on August 28, 2026.

Israel Election 2026: The parties, blocs and battles that will shape Israel's future - explainer

The launch of the new People of Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026.

Ofer Winter, unification of Arab parties, shake up Knesset seats, push RZP below threshold - poll


Hot off the Arab press 462625

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

A luggage loading vehicle is driven past Middle East Airlines aircraft at Beirut Airport, Lebanon

Arab-Israeli children much more likely to die in accidents

Beduin especially at higher risk than all others.

Bedouin boys walk towards a village in southern Israel's Negev desert

Knesset to tour one of poorest Arab Israeli villages to help improve education

“This community suffers the most from state neglect, mainly in the areas of education and housing,” says MK Ahmad Tibi.

Jisr e-Zarka

Odeh: Netanyahu’s clinging to power harms Arab citizens

Odeh asserted in the Monday meeting that it is time for Israel to treat Palestinian citizens as equals and as a national minority with “real democracy and real citizenship” and not dismissively as “Israeli-Arabs.”

Joint List MK Ayman Odeh

MK Suspension Bill: Anti-democratic to the core

The Knesset must not approve the MK Suspension Bill since it will severely weaken Israel’s democratic character.

Israeli Arab MKs at protest in Beersheba against planned destruction of illegal unrecognized Beduin villages

DO PALESTINIANS WANT A STATE?

The Jerusalem Post

Live Blog: Knesset c'tee discusses controversial MK suspension bill

Netanyahu initiated the bill to suspend MKs after Jamal Zahalka, Haneen Zoabi and Basel Ghattas met with 10 families of terrorists who murdered Israelis.

 Knesset Law, Constitution and Justice Committee

Debate on bill to boot terror-supporting MKs devolves into chaos

MK Oren Hazan

East Jerusalem: Israel’s Puerto Rico?

Moving to the Puerto Rico model would force the Arab east Jerusalem community to engage with the Israeli state in ways that it now is unwilling to.

Concrete barriers set up in east Jerusalem neighborhoods

Dissonance

Ediles, députés, journalistes ou simples citoyens. Que pensent les Arabes israéliens de la récente vague de violence ? Enquête au sein d’une société divisée

Manifestation d'Arabes israéliens