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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."

|ByKESHET NEEV
Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.
Israeli Arab lawmaker Jamal Zahalka

Joint List condemns normalization with Sudan

Former MK and chairman of the Balad party Jamal Zahalka calls for the Sudanese people to overthrow the government because of the normalization agreement.

|ByJEREMY SHARON
A RESIDENT OF Kafr Kassem votes in 2018.

Why is the once rising Joint List falling fast in polls?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Ayman Odeh’s Joint List would fall from the 15 seats it received in the last elections to 11 if Israelis headed to the polls today.

|ByHERB KEINON
MK Heba Yazbak of UAL-Balad

Joint List's Heba Yazbak: Joint list is against racism

The Joint List is my voice and your voice together against the incitement in favor of national, civil and sectoral equality

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Zoabi: Polish denial of Holocaust role shouldn't surprise Israelis

"He who denies his responsibility for war crimes that he himself perpetrates against the Palestinians should not be surprised by others," Zoabi said.

JANUARY 28, 2018ByBEN LYNFIELD
Balad MK Haneen Zoabi at the Knesset.

Pence's Knesset speech infuriates Palestinians

The vice president's speech was briefly disrupted by Arab Israeli MKs, who held up signs that read "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine" and were then promptly ushered out of the plenum.

JANUARY 23, 2018ByREUTERS
Palestinian demonstrators protest US Vice President Mike support of Jerusalem as Israel's capital during his visit.

Chaos erupts as Arab-Israeli parliamentarians disrupt Pence speech

Anger boils over in wake of Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

JANUARY 22, 2018ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
Arab lawmakers disrupt Vice President Pence's speech at the Knesset

Joint List chairman reiterates his party will boycott Pence speech

He called Pence a "dangerous man with a messianic vision."

JANUARY 20, 2018ByTAMAR BEN-OZER
Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List

Joint List joins Palestinians' Pence snub

Following US President Donald Trump's historic recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, PA President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled his meeting with Vice President Mike Pence during Pence's visit.

DECEMBER 13, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Mike Pence

Israeli-Arab lawmakers encourage EU to cut trade agreement with Israel

Joint List legislators say Israel is violating an agreement that requires the protection of human rights.

NOVEMBER 8, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli-Arab Knesset members at the EU.

Joint List MK resigns as part of rotation agreement

Former Balad MK Bassel Ghattas’ resignation as part of a plea deal complicated the rotation agreement.

AUGUST 9, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
President Reuven Rivlin meets with a delegation from the Joint (Arab) List at his residence March 22

Can Israel's Arab parties stick together despite infighting?

The Joint List is in turmoil and its infighting has gone public.

JULY 31, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Arab lawmakers from the Joint Arab List (from L to R) Osama Saadi, Ahmed Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Masud Ganaim and Haneen Zoabi stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 28, 2015.

Bennett to Arab MKs: Pick a side, good or evil

Bennett accused them of spreading an “antisemitic blood libel against Israel.”

JULY 26, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Naftali Bennett

Israel's proposed ethics code: Protective or stifling?

Members of Knesset have wildly conflicting opinions.

JUNE 29, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Naftali Bennett