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Return of Arab Joint List takes seats from opposition while Likud strengthens - poll

The revived Joint List would win 13 seats, up from the 10 currently projected when the parties ran separately. The seats came at the expense of Yesh Atid, Naftali Bennett, and Gadi Eisenkot.

 MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022
 Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

On a tightrope: Israel’s Arab citizens and the war with Hamas - opinion

 Joint List final list, without Balad, as the parties broke apart, September 16, 2022.

The Joint Arab List split up alters the political landscape - analysis

PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and MK Mansour Abbas in the Knesset. This week, various members of the coalition – foremost Abbas’s Ra’am party – signaled that they may not vote for the budget if certain conditions were not met.

The changing status of Israel’s Arab population - opinion


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

Justice or caution? The pros and cons of Knesset members on the Temple Mount

Freedom of religion is perhaps the most compelling individual rights-based argument for allowing MKs back on the Mount. Then, there's security.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.

Joint List MK resigns as part of rotation agreement

Former Balad MK Bassel Ghattas’ resignation as part of a plea deal complicated the rotation agreement.

President Reuven Rivlin meets with a delegation from the Joint (Arab) List at his residence March 22

Bennett to Arab MKs: Pick a side, good or evil

Bennett accused them of spreading an “antisemitic blood libel against Israel.”

Naftali Bennett

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.