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Border Police remove pro-Palestinian graffiti as Arab parties demand action on crime, governance

Border Police painted over nationalist graffiti in western Galilee villages, highlighting debates over governance as Arab parties seek political influence following the election.

Border Police officers paint over nationalist and pro-Palestinian graffiti on a wall in a western Galilee village, November 2026.
Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset on June 9, 2026.

A-G denies Zini's request to interrogate Arab party senior lawmakers, says evidence needed

Arab Israelis and Israeli left-wing activist students take part in a rally marking the Nakba anniversary at Tel Aviv University, May 13, 2026.

What I learned speaking to Arabs voting in Israel's election - reporter's notebook

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu at the Likud party’s election headquarters in Jerusalem, October 28, 2026

Israel election results signal political deadlock, raising three possible post-election scenarios


Balad MKs rule out supporting a minority government

“My own village doesn’t have any building outlines since 1996,” said United Arab List MK Mansour Abbas in an interview with 103 FM radio on Tuesday.

Posters for the Joint List, Labor, Likud, and Blue and White parties outside of the polling station at Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv

Arab MKs on Netanyahu handing back mandate: Good riddance

Joint List leader slams Netanyahu: “The former magician ran out of tricks.”

MK Ayman Odeh places camera in PM Benjamin Netanyahu's face during debate on bill legislating filming in polling stations

Opportunity for change

Since 1992, when supporting late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, the Arab parties enacted a policy not to support any candidate from neither the Right nor the Left.

MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of Hadash-Ta'al Party, and Benny gantz, head of the Blue and White Party.

Joint List endorses Gantz without Balad, giving Netanyahu majority

Blue and White decides to forego first shot to form government

President Reuven Rivlin has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz shake hands at memorial ceremony for former president Shimon Peres

Arab MKs: Netanyahu era is over

“We’re back to being the third largest party in the Knesset,” said Joint List head MK Ayman Odeh.

AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List.

Netanyahu predicts 15 seats for Joint List

The prime minister based his prediction on data presented in English at the meeting by his American pollster, John McLaughlin.

Can he win again? Prime Minister and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu

Odeh reiterates Joint List will not be part of Gantz government

Says sees himself as future prime minister of the State of Israel

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh addresses the Knesset: Odeh has suggested, for the first time, that Israeli Arabs would be willing to join a government coalition

Tibi puts price tag on Gantz blocking majority

Tibi said his demands include a development plan for the Arab sector that would cost 64 billion shekels over 10 years or 32 billion over five years.

IMPORTANT VOICES too. Election campaign banners depict Ahmad Tibi and Ayman Odeh, leaders of the Hadash-Ta’al joint list that ran in the April elections

Far right Otzma, Likud file appeal demanding Arab parties be disqualified

According to Otzma, its appeal included evidence that the four Arab parties comprising the Joint List support terrorism.

An advertisement for the Otzma Yehudit party featuring Michael Ben-Ari, Baruch Marzel, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Benzti Gopstein in Jerusalem, February 14, 2019

Ayman Odeh to Barak: Get off the public stage; you should be left in the past

"Nineteen years have passed since you were responsible for the killing of thirteen Arab citizens because they took to the streets," he said.

ARABS HAVE full representation in the Knesset, with MKs such as Ayman Odeh (Joint List).