The joint list

Why are Israelis surprised Arab voters showed up? - opinion

The Arab parties won 19 seats on 80% turnout, and many Israelis reacted as if they’d only just noticed Arab citizens live here.

Joint List Chairman Yousef Jabarin cast his ballot in the 26th Knesset election in Umm el-Fahm, October 27, 2026.
(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Eisenkot leads Netanyahu but deadlock looms, election polls show two days before Israelis vote

Gazans walk past damaged buildings in Gaza City, Gaza Strip on October 18, 2026; Illustrative.

WATCH: Joint List to air footage of Gaza’s destruction in Israeli election broadcast

An altercation between Otzma Yehudit affiliated activists and activists attending an event at the Joint List Hebrew-language headquarters, October 15, 2026.

Right-wing activists affiliated with Otzma Yehudit invade Arab Joint List Tel Aviv headquarters


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.

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.

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.”

Naftali Bennett

Israel's proposed ethics code: Protective or stifling?

Members of Knesset have wildly conflicting opinions.

Naftali Bennett

Joint List MK Zoabi praises Swiss war crimes probe of Livni

Livni decided not to participate at an event in Brussels in January after authorities there said she could be detained.

MK Haneen Zoabi at the High Court of Justice

Gal-On, Odeh, PA official support dividing Jerusalem

“There will be no peace without the division of Jerusalem," Meretz chairwoman Zehava Gal-On said.

Zehava Gal-On, Ayman Odeh and Mahmud Habash

Knesset begins process to impeach Ghattas

House Committee chairman: This is not about Left or Right

MK Basel Ghattas

Autopsy of Beduin driver casts doubt on terrorism claim

Thousands in Arara protest, Opposition MKs claim police cover-up.

Police in Umm-al-Hiran

Erdan calls to probe Arab MKs after policeman’s death

Odeh: Public security minister is a pathological liar.

MEDICS EVACUATE MK Osama Sa’adi (Joint List) during a clash between riot police and Arab citizens in Umm al-Hiran

Ayelet Shaked: Arab MKs to blame for deaths

“Along with left-wing NGOs, Odeh’s incitement terrorism is leading to the never-ending unrest of the Negev Beduin residents,” she wrote on Facebook.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked