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

Term limit bill may be delayed by COVID-19

Changing the law would require the support of 61 MKs.

FEBRUARY 12, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid and Minister of justice Gideon Saar attend a plenum session for the 73rd establishment of the Knesset, in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 17, 2022.

Arab MKs have every right to speak Arabic during Knesset debates - editorial

What the opposition MKs forgot is that as a language with a special status in Israel, Arabic is one of two languages allowed to be spoken in the Knesset plenum.

JANUARY 8, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MK Walid Taha speaks during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.

Bill forcing violent men to receive psychological treatment passes

The bill, proposed by Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman, passed its second and third readings on Monday and will come into effect in May 2023.

DECEMBER 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Knesset plenum on October 4, 2021.

Shin Bet tracking of COVID-19 Omicron patients blocked by Arab party

A Joint List veto blocked the Knesset from voting on whether the Shin Bet security service can track people exposed to the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

NOVEMBER 29, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
AFTER THE right-wing parties of the opposition voted against it, members of the Joint List celebrate the defeat of the citizenship law in the Knesset this week.

Controversial illegal electricity law advances

A bill allowing thousands of illegally built homes to be connected to the national power grid passed the Knesset Interior Committee after raising controversy.

NOVEMBER 23, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ra'am head Mansour Abbas speaks at the launch of the five-year plan for the Arab sector on November 23, 2021.

Ra'am on board for budget, while Chikli set to be punished for rebelling

Yamina intends to begin process of preventing rebel MK from running with Likud in future elections

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
RIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett chats with United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas during a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new coalition government, in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Joint List MK to FC Barcelona president: Cancel match vs Beitar Jerusalem

Last year, Around 1,200 people joined Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg in demanding Defense Minister Benny Gantz designate Beitar's far-right fan club 'La Familia' as a terrorist organization.

JULY 9, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
SUPPORTERS OF Beitar Jerusalem cheer for their team during a soccer match against Maccabi Umm el-Fahm at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.

Citizenship Law: A dramatic vote devoid of winners - analysis

This is a victory for the Joint List that contains the seeds of a much greater defeat. But all the other political actors were outright losers.

JULY 6, 2021ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seen speaking at the Knesset, on July 5, 2021.

Facing Ra'am's success, Joint List is at a crossroads - opinion

It is about time that the Joint List and its NGO allies acknowledge the benefits both Ra’am and Bennett bring to the table.

JUNE 28, 2021ByROBERT CHERRY
Memebers of the Joint List party arrive to the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to begin talks with political parties over who should form a new government, at his residence in Jerusalem, September 22, 2019

Jerusalem braces for clashes as flag march nears

Route of the procession will not go through Damascus Gate and Muslim Quarter as in previous years, but through the Jaffa Gate skirting the Muslim quarter and into the Western Wall plaza.

JUNE 15, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON, LAHAV HARKOV, ZACHARY KEYSER
Israelis take cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, during Jerusalem day, in Jerusalem, May 10, 2021.