The joint list

Why are Israelis surprised Arab voters showed up? - opinion

The Arab parties won 19 seats on 80% turnout, and many Israelis reacted as if they’d only just noticed Arab citizens live here.

Joint List Chairman Yousef Jabarin cast his ballot in the 26th Knesset election in Umm el-Fahm, October 27, 2026.
(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Eisenkot leads Netanyahu but deadlock looms, election polls show two days before Israelis vote

Gazans walk past damaged buildings in Gaza City, Gaza Strip on October 18, 2026; Illustrative.

WATCH: Joint List to air footage of Gaza’s destruction in Israeli election broadcast

An altercation between Otzma Yehudit affiliated activists and activists attending an event at the Joint List Hebrew-language headquarters, October 15, 2026.

Right-wing activists affiliated with Otzma Yehudit invade Arab Joint List Tel Aviv headquarters


Joint List MK calls on Arab Israelis to show solidarity with Gazans

"The ultra-Orthodox and the disabled do it, why shouldn't we?" asked MK Jamal Zahalka.

Palestinians shout during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to their homeland, the southern Gaza Strip March 30, 2018.

Gabbay, Zionist Union target Arab voters in Nazareth

The Zionist Union leader threatened critical party members with deselection from the electoral list.

Avi Gabbay

Joint List leader: Apartheid exists in Israel’s infrastructure and law

Ayman Odeh leader visits South Africa in an effort to seek out support for the Palestinians.

JOINT LIST CHAIRMAN Ayman Odeh is seen after he was injured last year during a clash with police in Umm al-Hiran, an unrecognized Beduin village in the Negev.

Joint List MK Atauna to resign in rotation agreement

He called the move “a goodwill gesture in order to preserve the Joint List.”

Members of the Joint Arab List gesture during a news conference in Nazareth, January 23

Zoabi: Polish denial of Holocaust role shouldn't surprise Israelis

"He who denies his responsibility for war crimes that he himself perpetrates against the Palestinians should not be surprised by others," Zoabi said.

Balad MK Haneen Zoabi at the Knesset.

Pence's Knesset speech infuriates Palestinians

The vice president's speech was briefly disrupted by Arab Israeli MKs, who held up signs that read "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine" and were then promptly ushered out of the plenum.

Palestinian demonstrators protest US Vice President Mike support of Jerusalem as Israel's capital during his visit.

Chaos erupts as Arab-Israeli parliamentarians disrupt Pence speech

Anger boils over in wake of Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Arab lawmakers disrupt Vice President Pence's speech at the Knesset

Joint List chairman reiterates his party will boycott Pence speech

He called Pence a "dangerous man with a messianic vision."

Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List

Joint List joins Palestinians' Pence snub

Following US President Donald Trump's historic recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, PA President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled his meeting with Vice President Mike Pence during Pence's visit.

Mike Pence

Israeli-Arab lawmakers encourage EU to cut trade agreement with Israel

Joint List legislators say Israel is violating an agreement that requires the protection of human rights.

Israeli-Arab Knesset members at the EU.