Ayman Odeh

'Era of cheap opportunism': MK Ayman Odeh compares Trump to Hitler, calls Netanyahu 'bootlicker'

Odeh’s post included a screenshot of a photo posted by Trump, which featured a map with a US flag superimposed on top of the US, Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 12, 2026.
MK Ayman Odeh speaks at the annual Givat Haviva Conference for a Shared Society, Tuesday January 6, 2026.

'Remove Netanyahu': MK Odeh calls all Arab parties to unite before elections

“I call on all Arab parties: let us unite, all of us. Let us bring 17 mandates,” MK Ayman Odeh said.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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
Hadash-Ta'al chairman MK Ayman Odeh at Pardes Hana.

Ayman Odeh's Pardes Hana event disrupted by right-wing protesters

Event organizers issued a statement where they claimed that the disruption “illustrates the violent culture that has become a symbol of the fascist right in recent times.”

|ByBATYA GILADI, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police, protesters clash in Knesset after Arab MK accuses Israel of Gaza 'massacre'

Hadash-Ta'al MK and faction leader Ayman Odeh was taken out of the Knesset plenum after he made remarks opposing IDF's war in Gaza.

MARCH 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police officers seen handling protesters near the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2024

On a tightrope: Israel’s Arab citizens and the war with Hamas - opinion

NOVEMBER 13, 2023ByARIK RUDNITZKY
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

Knesset to host second screening of October 7 documentary

The documentary, which the IDF put together from security footage and from cameras taken from captured and killed terrorists, is 47 minutes of uncensored footage of Hamas's attack.

NOVEMBER 8, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Knesset shines a yellow beam to represent the hostages being kept by Hamas in Gaza, November 7, 2023

Opposition MKs walk out as Ben-Gvir addresses crime in Arab sector

Hadash-Ta’al MK Ayman Odeh said violence in the Arab sector was a product of Israeli racism.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of Israel's Special Patrol Unit in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023.

Amid rampant Arab crime, Ayman Odeh says he received threats on his life

Israel Police said that it was not providing security to Odeh, whose status was raised a few days ago to level two security, which doesn't warrant close personal security

AUGUST 26, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.

Hadash-Ta'al head Ayman Odeh to leave Israeli politics

"Thank you all from the bottom of my heart," he wrote on Facebook. "I have decided not to run for the next term of the Knesset."

MAY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.

Likud's chief Netanyahu critic given Knesset Economy Committee chair

10 of 12 chairs were approved, while the two other committees will be headed by Likud MKs who will be approved in a faction meeting.

JANUARY 4, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
THE CONDUCT of Netanyahu and his obedient cronies over the last year has been nothing less than despicable. (Pictured: With Likud MKs Miri Regev and David Bitan)

Israel's democracy is its strength over Gaza -opinion

In the opinion of Dr. Abrash, democracy is one of the reasons for Israel's strength and advantage over others in the region.

NOVEMBER 11, 2022ByJACKY HOUGI/MAARIV
Palestinians take part in a Fatah rally marking the 18th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Gaza City

Israel Elections: Vote outcome won't be the end of the world - comment

Israel can survive a year or two with Minister Ben-Gvir, or with Odeh holding the fate of the government in the palm of his hand.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByHERB KEINON
Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

Billboards show Arab MKs Ahmad Tibi, Ayman Odeh wrapped in Israeli flags

The signs, posted by the right-wing Israel Victory Project ahead of the upcoming Israel elections, bore the caption “This is how a picture of victory will look.”

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A billboard depicting MK Ahmad Tibi wrapped in an Israeli flag with the caption “This is how a picture of victory will look.”