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Israeli Arab political power rising with elections, challenging world’s assumptions - analysis

Arab political power reveals a country more complicated than its slogans, with consequential choices for the parties on both sides of the coalition table.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
MK Mansour Abbas attends a plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.
Joint List party chairman Yousef Jabareen and supporters gather at the party’s election headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth, following the closing of polling stations on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.

Arab parties Ra'am, Joint List soar to 19 seats amid high turnout, election exit polls show

The projections would give the two parties combined either 18 or 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset, compared with their five seats each in the outgoing parliament.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Billboard encouraging to cast their votes, in Tel Aviv during Election Day, October 27, 2026.

Election Night: Netanyahu's bloc overtakes opposition, but both fall short of majority

Eisenkot declares victory as opposition bloc leads Netanyahu's, but neither have clear path to majority • Arab parties skyrocket as Netanyahu's right-wing partners fall

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Campaign posters featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot are seen in Tel Aviv, October 22, 2026

Election Day: A complete guide to Israel’s political parties and what they stand for

The Jerusalem Post has prepared a series of explainers breaking down the platforms, leaders, and main positions of the main parties running in the election.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Elections: The Arab vote's short-term, long-term significance

Israeli Arabs have been shut out of key political positions of influence not only because of a discriminatory policy, but also because of their own political choices.

JANUARY 14, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
An Israeli-Arab father casts a ballot together with his children, as Israelis vote in a parliamentary election, at a polling station in Umm al-Fahm, Israel April 9, 2019

Disgruntled Arab candidates search for new ‘political homes’

At this stage, it’s not clear whether the four parties comprising the Joint List – Hadash, United Arab List, Ta’al and Balad – would again run together in the next election.

JANUARY 14, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
MK MANSOUR ABBAS (middle front) and members of the Arab Joint List vote in December to dissolve the Knesset.

Joint List MK kicked out of c'tee after harsh comments towards UAE guests

"There is one party in our parliament that voted against the Abraham Accords. They refuse to acknowledge that it is a new Middle East."

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
Emirati guests at a meeting of the Knesset Special Committee for the Israeli Citizens' Fund

Joint List MK Abbas would sit in Netanyahu-led gov't, feels used by Left

"I am not ruling it out depending on the circumstances and conditions," Abbas said about joining a Netanyahu-led government.

DECEMBER 19, 2020ByEVE YOUNG, SARI MAKOVER-BALIKOV/MAARIV
Joint List MK Mansour Abbas alongside Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020

Knesset dispersal bill advances with March 16 election date

Blue and White aims to pass the bill into law next week.

DECEMBER 9, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
ALTERNATE PRIME MINISTER Benny Gantz keeps his distance from his nemesis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during Wednesday’s Knesset debate on ending the government’s tenure and calling a fourth general election in the space of a year and a half.

Joint List changes signal chance for unity in Israeli politics - opinion

The Arab Israeli electorate and the new generation are changing. The political campaign game should change with it.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByEMILY SCHRADER
JOINT LIST members gather at party headquarters in Shfaram during the Knesset elections in March.

Poll finds Israelis worried about Biden taking over from Trump

Survey finds Netanyahu’s approach to Abbas is appreciated.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
US President Joe Biden gestures after disembarking from a plane upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 8, 2016

Joint List infighting threatens its future

Due in part to infighting in the Joint List, polls broadcast on Tuesday night predicted that it would fall from its current 15 seats to 11 or 12 in the next election.

NOVEMBER 26, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
JOINT LIST MKs (from left) Mtanes Shehadeh, Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi, and former MK Abd al-Hakeem Hajj Yahya meet at the Knesset, September 17, 2020

Meet Mansour Abbas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unlikely ally

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: The head of the United Arab List aims to change Israeli politics forever

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
DEPUTY KNESSET SPEAKER Mansour Abbas: I accept the democratic choices of Jewish-Israeli society, just like I ask Jewish-Israeli society to accept the choices of Arab-Israeli society.

Special committee to address alarming crime rates in Arab society

Recent efforts of drafting an adjustable and comprehensive outline for dealing with the situation have failed.

NOVEMBER 4, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Joint List MK Mansour Abbas alongside Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020