Ayman Odeh

'Terrorist' vs 'Judeo-Nazi': MKs trade barbs over bill barring Red Cross from Israeli prisons

The bill was drafted by Galit Distel Atbaryan, Keti Shitrit, and a group of additional lawmakers. Thirty-six MKs voted in favor of the bill, while 41 opposed it, and it was removed from the agenda.

MK GALIT Distel Atbaryan leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026.
Jews and Palestinians protest against a law passed by the Knesset imposing the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians in the West Bank in Beit Jala, on April 3, 2026.

Arab lawmakers seek to join High Court petition against death penalty law

 The Reservists Party billboard against haredi and Arab parties, referencing a 2019 campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party, which targeted journalists.

'Only those who serve decide': Reservists Party launches campaign against haredi, Arab parties

Hadash-Ta’al Party leader MK Ayman Odeh at a party meeting in the Knesset, February 2, 2026.

Nationwide disruptions to intensify over Arab crime, Hadash-Ta'al leader Ayman Odeh tells 'Post'


Cassif calls Netanyahu ‘serial criminal’, Odeh: ‘we won’t be silent’

The Communist Party MK claimed Netanyahu is leading the country to war to avoid serving time in prison.

Ofer Cassif

Middle Israel: The gospel according to Ayman Odeh

In the long term, the Israeli-Arab leader's parting with his colleagues' rigidity will be this election's most significant event.

AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List.

‘Center-Left voters not deterred by messages that appeal to Arab public’

Abraham Initiatives head says Blue and White’s Benny Gantz, if elected prime minister, could appoint an Arab minister

MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of Hadash-Ta'al Party, and Benny gantz, head of the Blue and White Party.

Will any partners be found for Ayman Odeh?

The data is clear: When the voting percentage in Arab society is equal to that of Jewish society in general elections, the government of the Right in Israel will fall.

ARABS HAVE full representation in the Knesset, with MKs such as Ayman Odeh (Joint List).

Poll: 78% of Israeli Arabs support the Joint List entering coalition

65% of those asked expressed their complete support of a Blue & White headed coalition, and 20% said they neither support nor oppose the move.

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.

Coalition integration

Odeh’s olive branch was immediately broken in half by members of his own party, Likud and Blue and White, the party that would potentially lead the government he is prepared to join.

ARABS HAVE full representation in the Knesset, with MKs such as Ayman Odeh (Joint List).

Expert: Blue and White Could ‘Become History’ after Israeli Election

Joint (Arab) List leader Ayman Odeh’s apparent willingness to join a center-left government might not only hand Netanyahu the election, but destroy Benny Gantz’s political career, professor says.

BETTER TIMES for the Blue and White leadership?

Odeh willing to enter coalition with Gantz, Ashkenazi rules it out

"We will not invite a party that does not recognize Israel as a Jewish state," Ashkenazi told Army Radio.

Gabi Ashkenazi at the Maariv security conference, March 27th, 2019

Mainstream parties are missing historic chance to bridge gaps - analysis

Blue and White itself – the party to whom Odeh’s remarks were referring – seems to have missed this historic opportunity.

MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of Hadash-Ta'al Party, and Benny gantz, head of the Blue and White Party.

Ayman Odeh to Barak: Get off the public stage; you should be left in the past

"Nineteen years have passed since you were responsible for the killing of thirteen Arab citizens because they took to the streets," he said.

ARABS HAVE full representation in the Knesset, with MKs such as Ayman Odeh (Joint List).