Arab parties

Likud says it will request to ban Arab parties from running in elections

The Likud stated that it would file the requests for the parties' disqualifications, and that "there is no place in the Knesset for those who harm IDF soldiers."

Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll

The Knesset

Qualifying threshold considerations - opinion

Results of a Maariv poll measuring how many seats each party would receive in the October 2026 Knesset elections, results shared on August 28, 2026.

Israel Election 2026: The parties, blocs and battles that will shape Israel's future - explainer


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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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

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

East Jerusalem: Israel’s Puerto Rico?

Moving to the Puerto Rico model would force the Arab east Jerusalem community to engage with the Israeli state in ways that it now is unwilling to.

Concrete barriers set up in east Jerusalem neighborhoods