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Supreme Court allows Ofer Cassif, Ra'am, Joint List to run in 26th Knesset election

The court overturned Central Elections Committee decisions disqualifying MK Ofer Cassif, Ra'am and the Joint List, while Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy during proceedings.

Head of Ra'am Mansour Abbas holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovich in Nazareth.
Head of the Balad party MK Sami Abu Shehadeh arrives to cast his vote a voting station, on November 1, 2022, for the Israeli general elections. November 1, 2022.

Election panel to weigh whether Balad leader Abu Shehadeh crossed legal line for Knesset run

Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.

Likud says it will request to ban Arab parties from running in elections

Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

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


Zoabi impeachment gains traction after High Court approval

To begin the impeachment process, 70 signatures are necessary, 10 of which must come from the opposition.

Haneen Zoabi Joint List MK during a Knesset discussion

Zandberg defends Meretz boycott of embassy opening

Meretz chairwoman Tamar Zandberg said she’d like to see Jerusalem divided into an Israeli capital and a Palestinian one, each with its own embassy.

MK Tamar Zandberg

MK Ayman Odeh: 'The prime minister should apologize' for soccer comment

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Arab-Israelis for jeering during a moment of silence to honor victims during a soccer match, Arab MKs call foul.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a conference in Tel Aviv on February 14

Senior Minister tells Arab List Leader: Don’t talk to me, Assad supporter

“I am with Syria against the American attack,” Hadash leader Ayman Odeh wrote on his Facebook.

People protest the recent air strikes in Syria in front of the defunct US consulate in Haifa

Zoabi calls for ‘mass struggle’ against Israel after Tamimi verdict

“Ahed Tamimi is not just one, she is a whole generation... We are not waiting for the criminal [Israel] to understand,” Zoabi said.

MK Haneen Zoabi at the High Court of Justice

Joint List leader: Apartheid exists in Israel’s infrastructure and law

Ayman Odeh leader visits South Africa in an effort to seek out support for the Palestinians.

JOINT LIST CHAIRMAN Ayman Odeh is seen after he was injured last year during a clash with police in Umm al-Hiran, an unrecognized Beduin village in the Negev.

MK Peri quits over allegations of wrongdoing as Shin Bet chief

Joint List MK also resigns as part of rotation agreement.

MK Peri submits his letter of resignation on February 7, 2018.

Police recommend indicting three Balad MKs in party corruption probe

The three MKs are suspected of fraud, money laundering, bribery and several other offenses.

Haneen Zoabi and Jamal Zahalka

VP Pence, Israel's friend in need

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog was the only Israeli speaker – among Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein – to talk about the importance of engagement with the Palestinians.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States Vice President Mike Pence embrace during joint speeches on January 22, 2018.

Chaos erupts as Arab-Israeli parliamentarians disrupt Pence speech

Anger boils over in wake of Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Arab lawmakers disrupt Vice President Pence's speech at the Knesset