Balad Party

Yashar takes lead over Likud as Arab parties projected to receive 10 seats - poll

The poll also scrutinized how voters would react to a scenario in which Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad united to run as a joint list, or if a so-called "third bloc" formed.

GADI EISENKOT, head of the Yashar party, speaks at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Eisenkot keeps top, gains support for PM role as uncertainty grows in security, politics - poll

Chairman of the “Together” party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Bennett losing ground as Eisenkot, Netanyahu neck-and-neck for upcoming elections - poll

A LIKUD supporter waves the party’s flag at a gathering, a show of grassroots loyalty which has long defined the movement, even as critics say its primaries have reshaped, and at times distorted, who rises within its ranks.

Likud, Netanyahu dropping in public eyes amid Iran war, contentious legislation - poll


Israel Elections: High Court to rule on fate of Arab Knesset faction

The High Court for years has routinely rejected these kinds of petitions as presenting some disturbing evidence against the party.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE President Esther Hayut hears a petition at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Balad Party appeals to Supreme Court after barred from running for next Knesset

The appeal will be heard in the court before a panel of at least nine judges, and a final decision will be published by next Sunday.

 Director of the Elections Committee of the Knesset, Orly Adas, Yitzhak Amit, Chairman of the Election Committee and Attorney Ilan Bombach, Vice Chairman of the Election Committee discuss the disqualification of Balad and Ra'am on September 22, 2022 at the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Israel Elections: 3 stories that define the path to the finish line

INSIDE POLITICS: These are the three key stories that will define and design the path to the finish line and are worth following in the weeks ahead.

 INTERIOR MINISTER Ayelet Shaked speaks to students from the Blich school in Ramat Gan last week.

Balad banned from running in election, Central Election Committee rules

Two Arab parties had faced appeals on grounds for "supporting terror" and reportedly opposing Israel's definition as a Jewish state.

 Director of the Elections Committee of the Knesset, Orly Adas, Yitzhak Amit, Chairman of the Election Committee and Attorney Ilan Bombach, Vice Chairman of the Election Committee discuss the disqualification of Balad and Ra'am on September 22, 2022 at the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Israel elections: Will Arab party split turn out more voters? - opinion

Many of Balad’s supporters, who had been undecided about whether to vote, have now woken up and proudly declare that they intend to participate and vote for their party. 

 MEMBERS OF Hadash-Ta’al register their list for the upcoming election, at the Knesset, earlier this month.

National Unity will not collaborate with Hadash-Ta'al - Gideon Sa'ar

On top of Sa'ar's ideological stance, National Unity also has a political incentive to block Hadash-Ta'al, as it means that Lapid will have very low chances of forming a government.

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar heading to  cabinet meeting, June 26, 2022.

Why the splitting of the Joint List is so important to Netanyahu - opinion

A stable government is unlikely to emerge in the foreseeable future and a sixth round of elections cannot be ruled out.

 Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to tesitfy before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 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.

 Joint List final list, without Balad, as the parties broke apart, September 16, 2022.

Israel election: Will Hadash-Ta'al recommend Lapid or Gantz?

Yisrael Beytenu initiates procedure to block Balad's Abou Shahadeh from running in the Israeli elections.

MK Ayman Odeh, co-head of the Israeli-Arab Hadash-Ta'al party at a rally supporting the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2019

Israel elections: Joint List to run again, will not sit in 'racist occupation government'

Chairman MK Aymen Odeh did not close the door on the possibility of endorsing Yair Lapid or Benny Gantz to form the next government.

 Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022