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Smotrich doubles down on refusal to enlist daughter, claims IDF is 'no place for women'

In an interview, Smotrich also addressed his comments on crime rates in Arab communities, saying, "There is a culture of murder, killing, and jihad in Arab society."

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 28, 2026.

'Are we to blame that you murder one another?' Smotrich clashes with Ra’am over Arab crime spike

An officially shuttered branch of the Muslim Brotherhood seen in Zarqa, Jordan on January 14.

Banning the Muslim Brotherhood: A good start, but only a first step - opinion

Arab MK Ayman Odeh (at the plenum) and MK Ahmad Tibi (in the foreground) attend a Hadash-Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset, February 2, 2026.

Supermajority of Israeli Arabs support re-establishing Joint List for Knesset elections, poll shows


Israeli election poll: Blue and White party leads as coalition struggles to gain majority

According to the survey, the Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz continues to lead with 28 mandates.

 Premier candidates: Benny Gantz, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid.

'Special status' of Arab Israelis can bridge to peace – Mansour Abbas

Abbas said that Ra'am's goal is to serve as a bridge between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians.

 Ra'am Chairman Mansour Abbas speaks at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Celebrate the Faces of Israel conference.

Hamas cannot interfere in Arab-Israeli affairs, Mansour Abbas says - report

Abbas described during the interview that the terror organization's influence on Israel's Arab community is a "great catastrophe" and that it "brings a new calamity."

MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.

Herzog meets with Ra'am, Hadash-Ta'al for judicial reform negotiations

President Herzog is set to meet with faction leaders to discuss impending negotiations regarding the next steps in judicial reform negotiations.

 Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas meets with President Isaac Herzog to present his party's recommendation for prime minister, November 10, 2022.

No one disputes Israel is a Jewish state - stop making it worse - opinion

The policies that the Religious Zionist Party and Otzma Yehudit want to pursue will put us back to where we were 40 years ago.

 A SOLDIER and haredi man pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Israel's center-left is in the opposition, and it is crumbling

INSIDE POLITICS: Once they were eight, sitting around the Bennett-Lapid cabinet table, all sharing one mutual achievement. Now they are five and sharing a defeat.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid convenes a meeting of his coalition partners in the Knesset on Tuesday.

How did Israeli-Arabs react to Benjamin Netanyahu's election victory?

The Jerusalem Post spoke to two experts on the Israeli-Arab population in an attempt to understand the citizens' thoughts and feelings about the incoming coalition and government.

 Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022

Israel election: Final results announced for election 2022

With Meretz and Balad definitely below the threshold, Netanyahu is ensured victory and will look to form a coalition.

 Vote counting at the Knesset on November 3, 2022

Ra'am, Balad and Hadash-Ta'al waiting to learn Israeli election fate

Updated exit polls later showed that Balad was close to crossing the threshold, which could wipe out Netanyahu's majority.

 Ra'am party members at the campaign headquarters in the Arab Israeli town of Tamra, as the results of the Israeli elections are announced. November 1, 2022.

Israel Elections: Which parties, politicians are Israelis Googling?

Here are the parties and candidates that were searched the most in Israel in the past week up until the election, according to Google Trends.

Google Doodle for Israel's election day