Arab parties

'Remove Netanyahu': MK Odeh calls all Arab parties to unite before elections

“I call on all Arab parties: let us unite, all of us. Let us bring 17 mandates,” MK Ayman Odeh said.

JANUARY 6, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

MK Ayman Odeh speaks at the annual Givat Haviva Conference for a Shared Society, Tuesday January 6, 2026.

Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025.

Gantz, Likud, Netanyahu attack Eisenkot after saying minority government of 58 seats is possible

“We will know how to form a government, even with 58 seats,” said Eisenkot during an interview for N12, which sparked a series of attacks and reactions from several politicians

DECEMBER 14, 2025|ByABRAHAM BLOCH

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2025.

Liberman rules out possibility of Arab, haredi partes in next government

The Yisrael Beytenu chair said that his decision reflects the "basic values of the Zionist movement."

SEPTEMBER 21, 2025|ByKESHET NEEV

MK Aida Touma Sliman leads a conference on the recognition of the State of Palestine at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 4, 2024.

Joint List revival progressing with optimism, Hadash-Ta'al MK Touma-Sliman tells 'Post' - interview

During the meeting, the Hadash-Tal Party presented a “roadmap toward the Joint List” to the leaders of the Ra’am and Balad.

AUGUST 31, 2025|ByKESHET NEEV

Palestine in Tel Aviv

Unofficial cultural embassy hosts olive harvest festival.

NOVEMBER 8, 2016ByADAM RASGON

Paintings of olive trees at the Jaffa Art Salon

Arab party fined most by Comptroller

Yesh Atid overspent the most.

OCTOBER 18, 2016ByGIL HOFFMAN

Israeli Arab MKs at protest in Beersheba against planned destruction of illegal unrecognized Beduin villages

Arab MKs questioned by police over fraud case

In a statement on the Balad party’s Facebook page on Monday termed the investigation “political persecution against the Arab public and its parties.”

OCTOBER 10, 2016ByBEN LYNFIELD, ELIYAHU KAMISHER

MK HANEEN ZOABI (right) sits with MK Jamal Zahalka at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in May 2012.

Arab party founder, accused of Hezbollah spying, reportedly given US visa

He fled Israel in 2007 on suspicion of aiding and passing information to Hezbollah, including during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. He is currently wanted for questioning by police.

OCTOBER 9, 2016ByYOSSI MELMAN

Arab party head: Peres brought disaster to my people, despite merits of the 90s

After Peres’ death, not one MK from the Joint List released a statement about Peres, even upon request.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV

Can Arab MKs reconcile the Fatah-Hamas divide?

“Fatah and Hamas have been urged for more than 10 years to reconcile, public opinion is overwhelmingly in their favor and that has not been enough."

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, ADAM RASGON

Joint List MKs Ayman Odeh, Jamal Zahalka and Haneen Zoabi at the Tel Aviv University Nakba Day protest

A brief history of Balad scandals

The party, whose name is an acronym for “National Democratic Alliance,” was founded in 1995 by Azmi Bishara, who entered the Knesset alone after running on a joint ticket with MK Ahmad Tibi.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV