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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

Orbach still deliberating whether to leave coalition - Liberman

MK Nir Orbach has not yet made a final decision whether to leave the coalition, and if he remains others will follow suit, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman said in a Beersheba event.

JUNE 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman.

Backlash after Kahana says 'If I could ship the Arabs to Switzerland, I would'

Deputy economy minister Yair Golan (Meretz) called opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu a "fatal disease" on Tuesday.

JUNE 14, 2022BySARAH BEN-NUN, GIL HOFFMAN
Deputy Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on May 16, 2022.

Is Ahmad Tibi the most powerful man in Israel's Knesset?

Ahmad Tibi explains why he accomplished more than Mansour Abbas and questions whether there will be an Arab party in the coalition again any time soon.

JUNE 10, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK AHMAD TIBI (Joint List) stands near Israeli mounted police outside the Jerusalem District Court last year, during a protest over Israel’s planned evictions of Arab families from homes in Silwan.

Israeli occupation is 'biggest terror' in Middle East - Joint List MK

Israeli occupation gave birth to apartheid and demonization and dehumanization of Palestinians, MK Ofer Cassif charged at a Knesset conference.

JUNE 8, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
MK Ofer Cassif attends a "55 years of occupation" conference in the Knesset, Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on June 08 2022

Israel Police ask A-G to open probe against Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif

Opposition MKs Ahmad Tibi and Ofer Cassif were both involved in high-profile incidents with police forces last week.

MAY 16, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
(L-R) Joint List MKs Aida Touma-Sliman, Ahmad Tibi and Ofer Cassif seen at a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem August 22, 2019

Coalition MKs upset about cooperating with Joint List in Knesset

A bill advanced on Thursday that would forbid spying for the Palestinian Authority or the European Union.

MAY 12, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
L-R Gilad Ach of the Ad Kan organization and Likud MK Avi Dichter.

Will Naftali Bennett’s Passover promise be kept? - opinion

Right from Wrong: Terrorism has had less of an impact on the powers-that-be in Jerusalem than Silman’s exit.

APRIL 14, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting, March 20, 2022.

House Committee to discuss removal of Ayman Odeh from Knesset

Despite probes, legal experts believe the Joint List head cannot be charged for incitement for his call for Arab-Israeli officers to disobey orders.

APRIL 12, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
Hadash party leader Ayman Odeh at the Knesset, 2019.

Police probing MK Odeh's call for Arab police officers to disobey orders

The chairman of the Joint List published a video in which he told all new Arab-Israeli police recruits to lay down their arms.

APRIL 11, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List – he holds a key to the castle, one that only Benny Gantz could use

By boycotting Zelensky, Joint List shows how wrong it is - editorial

Why is the party that claims to be against “occupation” in one place now supporting occupation in another?

MARCH 20, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AFTER THE right-wing parties of the opposition voted against it, members of the Joint List celebrate the defeat of the citizenship law in the Knesset this week.