Ayman Odeh

Nationwide disruptions to intensify over Arab crime, Hadash-Ta'al leader Ayman Odeh tells 'Post'

Protests against violent crime in the Arab sector will expand to include economic boycotts, MK Ayman Odeh told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

Hadash-Ta’al Party leader MK Ayman Odeh at a party meeting in the Knesset, February 2, 2026.
MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 12, 2026.

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

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

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


Arab MK caught photographing documents in Knesset plenum

Odeh was caught on camera photographing something lying on the table of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. He was later revealed to have photographed a book.

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh addresses the Knesset: Odeh has suggested, for the first time, that Israeli Arabs would be willing to join a government coalition

Opposition score rare victory in Knesset plenum

A motion calling for the establishment of a parliamentary committee to investigate the country’s placement of Arab teachers in the education system passed on the Knesset floor, 47-46.

 Ministers in the Knesset plenum on October 4, 2021.

Shaked opposes bill preventing Netanyahu from forming Israeli gov't

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh vowed to support the bill and ensure it passes.

 Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Ben-Gvir, Odeh physically clash near Hamas terrorist on hunger strike

The Hamas terrorist, Moked al-Qawasmi, is currently on the 91st day of his hunger strike, done in protest of his detention.

Itamar Ben-Gvir head of the Otzma Yehudit (“Jewish Power”) Party attends preparations for the new Knesset on April 5.

Gov't unanimously approves 85% reduction of carbon emissions by 2050

"We set significant goals, we met our international commitment on time, and most importantly, we mobilized the entire government," Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) said.

Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg speaking at an event celebrating the Queen's birthday.

Lapid wishes officers a speedy recovery as Arab MKs blame police, gov't

The most controversial incident of the night was one in which Israeli officers appear to throw stun grenades directly into al-Aqsa Mosque, as Muslim worshippers were praying.

Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas is seen meeting with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid.

Kingmakers Bennett, Abbas leave both sides in the dark

Yamina leader to hold fateful meetings with Netanyahu, Lapid.

Naftali Bennett and party members are seen with Yamina supporters at the party headquarters in Petah Tikva, on elections night, on March 23, 2021.

Election survey: 87% of Israeli Arabs support entering or supporting gov't

Whether enough Jewish parties would be willing to sit with Arabic parties in order to form a government however, remains a different question altogether.

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.

Israel Elections: Joint Arab List breaks up, leaving Mansour Abbas out

Ra'am decided to leave the Joint List last week after the other parties refused two ultimatums to vote together against LGBTQ issues, and to allow Abbas greater freedom to vote with the Right.

Members of the Joint List hold hands to celebrate the signing of their joint run, Feb. 4, 2021.

Israel Elections: Joint List on verge of breaking up

Odeh's party: No Likud branch will be allowed inside the Joint List

MK MANSOUR ABBAS (middle front) and members of the Arab Joint List vote  in December to dissolve the Knesset.