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

Many have tried unsuccessfully to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud from the Right, but a more realistic goal would be to take votes away from Naftali Bennett.

|ByORI WERTMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the government meeting on January 4, 2026.
MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022

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.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
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

|ByARIK RUDNITZKY
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

Balad, which was one of three parties in the Joint Arab List broke away from the other two, making it less likely that they will pass the electoral threshold.

|ByHERB KEINON

Coalition to boycott Joint List after Peres funeral snub

Liberman says Arab MKs’ behavior crossed a redline; Odeh: Liberman’s initiatives to harm us only strengthen us.

OCTOBER 9, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
Avigdor Liberman

An open letter to the Joint List

This is Israel, a country in the Middle East – the only country! – in which Arab women can live freely, can drive, can vote, and can pursue higher education.

OCTOBER 6, 2016ByDOV LIPMAN
Members of the Joint Arab List gesture during a news conference in Nazareth, January 23

Balad MKs to be questioned by police

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, LAHAV HARKOV
Balad MK Haneen Zoabi at the Knesset.

MK Ghattas calls Peres ‘ruthless colonial settler, covered in blood’

Outrage across political spectrum over Joint List MK slamming former president while he’s in a coma.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
MK Bassel Ghattas

Politicians call to oust Israeli-Arab MK from Knesset for pro-BDS talk

The lawmaker called Israel an oppressive, racist and apartheid state.

AUGUST 16, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
MK Bassel Ghattas

13 Jews and Arabs arrested as violence flares in Ashkelon over Palestinian hunger-striker

According to police, 10 Jews and 3 Arabs were arrested; among those were six juveniles and two adults who assaulted police officers.

AUGUST 10, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
13 Jews and Arabs arrested as violence flares in Ashkelon over Palestinian hunger-striker

Israeli-Arabs reject Netanyahu’s extended hand and apology as insincere

Netanyahu releases English and Hebrew YouTube videos with Arabic subtitles imploring Israeli-Arabs to take part in society "in droves."

JULY 26, 2016ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST.COM STAFF
PM Netanyahu: Dear Arab citizens of Israel--take part in our society in droves

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.

JULY 11, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.

JULY 3, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.

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