Ahmad Tibi

Supermajority of Israeli Arabs support re-establishing Joint List for Knesset elections, poll shows

A new poll by ArPanel reveals strong backing among Israeli Arabs for a unified Joint List, with 82% in favor and a clear preference for new candidates in the upcoming Knesset election.

FEBRUARY 6, 2026|ByJAMES GENN, MOSHE COHEN

Arab MK Ayman Odeh (at the plenum) and MK Ahmad Tibi (in the foreground) attend a Hadash-Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset, February 2, 2026.

Police Spokesperson Aryeh Doron visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, March 7, 2025.

Police spokesman barred from commissioner's office, excluded from meetings amid rift

Coalition sources told Walla the commissioner is “susceptible to pressure,” which is why he has not dismissed Doron.

FEBRUARY 1, 2026|ByYEHUDA SHLEZINGER

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.

DECEMBER 19, 2025|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argues with MK Ahmad Tibi during a Home committee meeting at the Knesset. October 15, 2024.

Israeli court hears petition to guarantee access to security prisoners by MKs

The petition could redefine the limits of parliamentary oversight in issues of security, detention, and ministerial discretion.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Think About It: ‘Bibi or Tibi’

The $64,000 question is what happens if neither Netanyahu nor Gantz will have the support of a majority to form a government. There are four possibilities if that happens.

MARCH 11, 2019BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint List) at the Knesset during a discussion on the Nation-State Law August 8, 2018.

Arab MK Ahmed Tibi: 90% of weapons in Arab towns 'transferred from IDF'

Tibi spoke on the Likud, Gantz, violence in Arab towns, and the upcoming elections as a whole in his interview.

FEBRUARY 11, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Culture minister bashes Arab Knesset member, says he belongs in Gaza

Delegation of Arab-Israeli MKs meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday

FEBRUARY 3, 2019ByYVETTE J. DEANE

Arab MK Ahmed Tibi’s Ta’al party is gaining strength

Yisrael Beytenu intends to appeal to the Central Elections Committee on Sunday against positive coverage the Joint List is receiving from PA media outlets aimed at Israeli Arab voters.

JANUARY 26, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN

MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL - Ta'al) in the Knesset.

Knesset approves breakup of Joint Arab List

MK Ahmad Tibi announced that he would leave the Joint List ahead of the April 9 election and that his party will run independently.

JANUARY 9, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Arab lawmakers from the Joint Arab List (from L to R) Osama Saadi, Ahmed Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Masud Ganaim and Haneen Zoabi stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 28, 2015.

Tibi tells 'Post' he won't join Center-Left government

It remains to be seen if Ta'al, running as an individual party, can pass the electoral threshold.

JANUARY 8, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN, ALON EINHORN

Joint List MK: ‘The struggle will continue’

Veteran Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi says Netanyahu has helped explain to the world why Israel is racist, claims White House let PM pass Jewish Nation-State Law.

AUGUST 31, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN, OREN OPPENHEIM

PA minister: Khan al-Ahmar school will defeat the occupation

“Today we say to the world that this school is like Palestine and the Palestinian revolution,” PA Education Minister Sabri Saidam said at the opening ceremony for the school.

JULY 16, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH, TOVAH LAZAROFF