Joint List

Arab parties sign commitment to re-establish joint list ahead of Israel's elections

The bloc, once made up of the four Arab parties, began to break apart ahead of the 2021 elections after Ra’am left the alliance.

|ByKESHET NEEV
An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.
RA’AM PARTY HEAD MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in November. Abbas’s political opponents have accused him in recent days of foiling efforts to form a joint list ahead of the elections, claiming that he doesn’t want to close the door to a future coalition.

Arab Israelis push to revive Joint List as divisions threaten their political voice

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: “There is anger in the Arab street because the Arab politicians haven’t managed to work together," political analyst Mohammed Darawshe tells the Post.

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
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

75% of Arab Israelis support Arab party joining government coalition post-war, survey reveals

The survey, conducted by Tel Aviv University, examined the attitudes of Israel’s Arab population following the conclusion of the war in Gaza.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Can Arab parties serve in a center-left Zionist coalition?

The lack of political will to include any of the Arab parties within a center-left Zionist bloc is disappointing for a couple of reasons.

APRIL 13, 2020ByJONAH NAGHI
Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint List, gestures as he hands out pamphlets during an election campaign event in Tira last week.

New Horizon campaign introduces Israelis to Arabs who combat coronavirus

21% of the medical workers in Israel are Arabs, so are 47% of the pharmacists, a new campaign asks why should they not enjoy representation in government.

APRIL 9, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Israeli Magen David Adom national emergency service at a coronavirus testing complex in Bnei Brak on April 1, 2020.

The missed opportunity for those left on the Israeli Left – opinion

Israel needs a vibrant and kicking Left based on partnership and equality.

APRIL 1, 2020ByGERSHON BASKIN
Left wing Israelis hold sign stated "we want a democratic Israel" at a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and in support of the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2019

Joint List condemns Gantz's actions, says he has no 'political backbone'

The Blue and White Party broke up on Thursday after Gantz decided to enter Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

MARCH 28, 2020ByYASSER OKBI/MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List – he holds a key to the castle, one that only Benny Gantz could use

Why the Joint List should be part of the coalition – opinion

Even if such a coalition will not materialize now, the conversation should continue, as this question will remain important.

MARCH 16, 2020ByEHUD (UDI) EIRAN
AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List, gestures as he hands out pamphlets during an an election campaign event in Tira.

Why did Balad change its mind about Benny Gantz? – analysis

Balad: We took into account accomplishments obtained during negotiations with Blue and White

MARCH 15, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Emtanis Shihadeh of UAL-Balad

Imagine an enlightened Jewish-Arab government

Israeli policy under secular, not-so-Zionist leaders from Blue and White, Yisrael Beytenu, Labor-Meretz and the Joint Arab List

MARCH 12, 2020ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
Benny Gantz and Avigdor Liberman shake hands after meeting.

Candidly Speaking: Hatred endangers our democracy

Netanyahu does not reject the Arabs as a class but merely the Arab members of Knesset who do not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

MARCH 10, 2020ByISI LEIBLER
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz

Unity needed in Israel after the third elections

Netanyahu and Gantz united the country’s Arabs. If only now they could do the same to the country’s Jews.

MARCH 8, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet to discuss possible political frameworks, October 27 2019

Letters to the Editor March 9, 2020: Electoral calculations

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 8, 2020ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters