Arab parties

Netanyahu’s coalition moves to ban Ra'am from future elections over terror links - report

The initiative stems from a legal battle to designate the Southern Faction of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Ra’am’s parent movement, as a terrorist organization.

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.

The resistible integration of Arabs into the Israeli democratic game - opinion

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists’ Party, speaks during the party’s launch event ahead of the 2026 general elections, at Kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha near Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.

Reservists Party vows to form Zionist government, discusses potential alliance with Gantz

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


Police integration

The low point in relations between Arab Israelis and the police came in October 2000 when clashes left 12 Arab Israelis dead and dozens injured.

AN ARAB RECRUIT takes part in training at the Israel Police Academy in Beit Shemesh on August 24

Help wanted: Police seek Arab recruits for force

Police hope that more Arab officers will assist their effort to reduce crime in the communities and establish trust between police and citizens.

AN ARAB RECRUIT takes part in training at the Israel Police Academy in Beit Shemesh on August 24

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A luggage loading vehicle is driven past Middle East Airlines aircraft at Beirut Airport, Lebanon

Arab-Israeli children much more likely to die in accidents

Beduin especially at higher risk than all others.

Bedouin boys walk towards a village in southern Israel's Negev desert

Knesset to tour one of poorest Arab Israeli villages to help improve education

“This community suffers the most from state neglect, mainly in the areas of education and housing,” says MK Ahmad Tibi.

Jisr e-Zarka

Odeh: Netanyahu’s clinging to power harms Arab citizens

Odeh asserted in the Monday meeting that it is time for Israel to treat Palestinian citizens as equals and as a national minority with “real democracy and real citizenship” and not dismissively as “Israeli-Arabs.”

Joint List MK Ayman Odeh

MK Suspension Bill: Anti-democratic to the core

The Knesset must not approve the MK Suspension Bill since it will severely weaken Israel’s democratic character.

Israeli Arab MKs at protest in Beersheba against planned destruction of illegal unrecognized Beduin villages

DO PALESTINIANS WANT A STATE?

The Jerusalem Post

Live Blog: Knesset c'tee discusses controversial MK suspension bill

Netanyahu initiated the bill to suspend MKs after Jamal Zahalka, Haneen Zoabi and Basel Ghattas met with 10 families of terrorists who murdered Israelis.

 Knesset Law, Constitution and Justice Committee

Debate on bill to boot terror-supporting MKs devolves into chaos

MK Oren Hazan