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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


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

Arab MKs to boycott Pence speech

Odeh cited Pence's evangelical Christian faith as a reason for the boycott.

Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List

Thousands of Israeli Arabs protest Trump's Jerusalem decision

"The future of Israel will not be decided by Trump but rather by the Israeli public which must live in peace not with New York or San Francisco but with the Arab nation and the Palestinian nation.

Joint list politicians lead protest in Sachnin, December 15, 2017

Three wounded as bus pelted with stones after Israeli-Arab protest

Meanwhile, a protest against the US move was held in Rahat that drew about a hundred people. Small protests were held Saturday in Tira and Tamra.

A bus damaged during a protest in Wadi Ara, December 9, 2017

Coalition quarrels may thwart controversial bills

‘Mini-markets bill’ may not have majority as Joint List says it won’t stay away

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK David Bitan.

Arab MK Zoabi: Jews not entitled to self-determination

Joint List MK Haneen Zoabi made these remarks in the US last week.

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

MK Saadi resigns in Joint List rotation agreement

The Joint List debated whether or not to respect the rotation agreement.

MK Osama Saadi resigns as member of Knesset

Israeli proposal to make legal judgments from the Bible stirs controversy

Knesset Constitution Committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky's proposal calls for courts to draw on “principles of Hebrew law” in instances that are not covered by existing law.

sraeli lawmakers attend a vote on a bill at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 6, 2017