Arab parties

The resistible integration of Arabs into the Israeli democratic game - opinion

The glass ceiling is more political than societal, despite the persistence of racism and mistrust among some Israeli Jews.

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.
Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists’ Party, speaks during the party’s launch event ahead of the 2026 general elections, at Kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha near Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.

Reservists Party vows to form Zionist government, discusses potential alliance with Gantz

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

Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025.

Gantz, Likud, Netanyahu attack Eisenkot after saying minority government of 58 seats is possible


Israel elections: Arab sector voting at all-time low - poll

Last year the Israeli-Arab population voting percentage dropped to 44.6%, an all-time low.

 JOINT LIST leader MK Ayman Odeh stands and shouts his objections during a debate in the Knesset, as Ra’am leader MK Mansour Abbas sits to the left.

What happens when opposition declares the government to be illegitimate?

The prospective government was referred to by its opponents as based on fraud, dangerous to Israel’s security, “Left,” incoherent and therefore illegitimate.

THE NEW Israeli government is ruled by the ‘non-decision-making process’ in the mutual veto power granted to Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett (left) and Yesh Atid Party leader Yair Lapid.

Israel is ready for an Arab party in the governing coalition - editorial

More than a fifth of Israel’s nine million citizens are Arabs, and there is every reason to include an Arab party in the new coalition.

Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas at the party headquarters in Tamra, on election night, 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.

Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid willing to cooperate with Arab parties

Lapid’s answer is a positive sea-change in the political discourse surrounding the Joint Arab List.

MK YAIR LAPID: Arab parties deserve being part of decision-making process.

Netanyahu attempts to rally the Arab vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled on Friday to the Arab town of Umm el-Fahm to personally witness the one-millionth person in Israel to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu announces a peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Thursday.

Kfar Bara leads the way among Israeli-Arab localities

Kfar Bara is characterized by a homogeneous population of 100% Muslim Arabs and has enjoyed relative electoral stability and strong local leadership for the last 15-odd years.

A bird’s eye view of Kfar Bara, a thriving Muslim Arab community in central Israel with some 3,000 residents

Ayman Odeh, Joint List

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Ayman Odeh

Netanyahu's Facebook page sends warning of Arabs who 'want to destroy us'

"We turned to Facebook. They must act immediately to put an end to this racist and dangerous incitement by Netanyahu against the Arab population," said Joint List leader Ayman Odeh.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to do all he can to build a coalition in a press conference Monday 27.05.2019

All four Arab parties running together

“We will work to improve Arab turnout so the Joint List will be a force to be reckoned with in Israeli politics,” said Balad leader Mtanes Shehadeh.

The heads of Hadash, Ta'al and Ra'am parties agree to create a joint Arab List, July 27, 2019