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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


Beijing is on board with advancing the peace process, says Abbas

Abbas praised China’s fourpoint plan to resolve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, and said the Palestinians are ready to coordinate with Beijing to implement it.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas (second left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday

Arab-Israeli lawmaker warns of third intifada after Friday attack

Ayman Odeh leaders criticize closure of Aksa Mosque after two policemen are shot dead.

HADASH MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List, speaks at the Knesset in this file photo.

PA'S Abbas, Arab MKs welcome Gabbay's Labor leadership win

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay stressed both security and readiness to negotiate with the Palestinians in his leadership election campaign.

Avi Gabbay, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labor party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv

Arabic's future as an official language in Israel at risk, legislators warn

Arab Mks say that should a bill proposing to eliminate Arabic's official status in the country pass, it will be a "nakba of our language."

A road sign in English, Hebrew, and Arabic points to the Israeli settlement of Susiya

Former MK Basel Ghattas to enter prison for phone smuggling affair

Ghattas, who accepted the sentence as part of the plea deal in March said he smuggled the phones and SIM cards for “humanitarian and moral reasons.”

Balad MK Basel Ghattas

Arab leaders ask Rivlin for better crime-fighting

The meeting took place at the annual iftar dinner hosted by President Reuven Rivlin on Monday.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN addresses the Holocaust Remembrance Day opening ceremony at Yad Vashem on Sunday

Violence erupts in Kafr Kasim, stoking Jewish-Arab tensions

One dead as father says security guard ‘murdered’ his son.

MOURNERS CARRY the body of Muhammad Taha at his funeral in Kafr Kasim, in the Triangle area east of Kfar Saba. Mayor Adel Badir accused police of routinely harassing people in the street.

Law, order and the conflict

Presently, Arab citizens are under the impression that homicide victims are not treated equally in the State of Israel. Jewish and Arab blood must be valued identically.

Cars set on fire in a riot in Kafr Kasim.

THE PENDING PEACE DEAL LIE

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Passover a frantic time for Abu Ghosh restaurants

‘We make sure we have matzot,’ one proprietor says.

ABU GHOSH is twice as busy during Passover as during an ordinary week