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Supreme Court allows Ofer Cassif, Ra'am, Joint List to run in 26th Knesset election

The court overturned Central Elections Committee decisions disqualifying MK Ofer Cassif, Ra'am and the Joint List, while Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy during proceedings.

Head of Ra'am Mansour Abbas holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovich in Nazareth.
Head of the Balad party MK Sami Abu Shehadeh arrives to cast his vote a voting station, on November 1, 2022, for the Israeli general elections. November 1, 2022.

Election panel to weigh whether Balad leader Abu Shehadeh crossed legal line for Knesset run

Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.

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

Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

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


Coalition to boycott Joint List after Peres funeral snub

Liberman says Arab MKs’ behavior crossed a redline; Odeh: Liberman’s initiatives to harm us only strengthen us.

Avigdor Liberman

An open letter to the Joint List

This is Israel, a country in the Middle East – the only country! – in which Arab women can live freely, can drive, can vote, and can pursue higher education.

Members of the Joint Arab List gesture during a news conference in Nazareth, January 23

Balad MKs to be questioned by police

Balad MK Haneen Zoabi at the Knesset.

MK Ghattas calls Peres ‘ruthless colonial settler, covered in blood’

Outrage across political spectrum over Joint List MK slamming former president while he’s in a coma.

MK Bassel Ghattas

Politicians call to oust Israeli-Arab MK from Knesset for pro-BDS talk

The lawmaker called Israel an oppressive, racist and apartheid state.

MK Bassel Ghattas

13 Jews and Arabs arrested as violence flares in Ashkelon over Palestinian hunger-striker

According to police, 10 Jews and 3 Arabs were arrested; among those were six juveniles and two adults who assaulted police officers.

13 Jews and Arabs arrested as violence flares in Ashkelon over Palestinian hunger-striker

Israeli-Arabs reject Netanyahu’s extended hand and apology as insincere

Netanyahu releases English and Hebrew YouTube videos with Arabic subtitles imploring Israeli-Arabs to take part in society "in droves."

PM Netanyahu: Dear Arab citizens of Israel--take part in our society in droves

Zoabi refuses Knesset bodyguards despite death threats

The Israeli Arab MK allegedly refused to give her schedule to Knesset Security Office Yosef Griff, preventing him from assigning bodyguards to protect her.

Haneen Zoabi speaks at Central Elections Committee hearing to ban her from running for Knesset

Labor MK Bar to Arab League ex-Sec-Gen: Help us negotiate with Palestinians

The MK argued that bilateral Israeli-Palestinian talks will not work on their own, and moderate Sunni states should be enlisted to support negotiations.

Hilik Bar

WATCH: Knesset brawl erupts after Arab Israeli MK calls IDF soldiers 'murderers'

MKs swarm Knesset podium yelling condemnations of Joint List lawmaker Haneen Zoabi and attempt to remove her from the stand.

Knesset brawl erupts after Arab Israeli MK calls IDF soldiers "murderers," June 29, 2016