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Arab parties move to reestablish Joint List without Ra’am after disagreements with Abbas

Polls have shown that if the Arab parties were to run together, they would receive more seats than they would obtain in a separate run.

 MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.

Netanyahu’s coalition moves to ban Ra'am from future elections over terror links - report

Dr. Yousef Jabareen

Hadash elects former MK Yousef Jabareen as party chairman, ousting Ayman Odeh

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the government meeting on January 4, 2026.

New right-wing parties keep failing to unseat Likud - opinion


Zoabi refuses Knesset bodyguards despite death threats

The Israeli Arab MK allegedly refused to give her schedule to Knesset Security Office Yosef Griff, preventing him from assigning bodyguards to protect her.

Haneen Zoabi speaks at Central Elections Committee hearing to ban her from running for Knesset

Labor MK Bar to Arab League ex-Sec-Gen: Help us negotiate with Palestinians

The MK argued that bilateral Israeli-Palestinian talks will not work on their own, and moderate Sunni states should be enlisted to support negotiations.

Hilik Bar

WATCH: Knesset brawl erupts after Arab Israeli MK calls IDF soldiers 'murderers'

MKs swarm Knesset podium yelling condemnations of Joint List lawmaker Haneen Zoabi and attempt to remove her from the stand.

Knesset brawl erupts after Arab Israeli MK calls IDF soldiers "murderers," June 29, 2016

Political future of MKs Zoabi, Ghattas in jeopardy

Balad central committee vote seen as a blow to controversial Joint List lawmakers

KNESSET MEMBER Haneen Zoabi speaking with the press last year. Her party colleague Basel Ghattas has decided to join the Gaza flotilla

Rivlin calls for a new Israeli agenda

Rivlin said that when he presented his partnership vision of a shared national identity last year, it caused a lot of controversy, and he was even accused of being a post-Zionist.

President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the 16th annual Herzliya Conference

Will Arab faction leader Ayman Odeh start receiving classified security briefings?

Likud MK: Odeh represents our enemies; Joint List chairman would be automatic opposition head if Zionist Union joins coalition, but he may have to fight to keep the position.

Joint List head Ayman Odeh shouts slogans near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

MKs beware: Calling each other 'terrorists' or 'Nazis' is now punishable

Though the Ethics Committee has a policy of not punishing lawmakers for speech, it decided to make an exception for personal accusations.

Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List

Netanyahu: Gulf States' decision to blacklist Hezbollah a sign of improving ties with Israel

PM pans Israeli Arab MKs' condemnation of Hezbollah terror listing.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Knesset factions condemn Gulf Arab states for blacklisting Hezbollah

Hadash and Balad slam the move to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization.

Lebanon's Hezbollah scouts carry their parties flag while marching at the funeral of three Hezbollah fighters who were killed in Syria

Netanyahu instructs A-G to look into Balad MKs’ meeting with terrorists’ families

Speaking to Mandelblit Saturday night, Netnayahu asked him to review legal steps that can be used in response to the lawmakers’ actions.

Lawmakers from the Joint Arab List stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the compound in Jerusalem's Old City, July 28