Ayman Odeh

Joint List to soon launch without Ra'am, deal in final stages, Hadash-Ta'al leader tells 'Post'

Hadash, Ta'al and Balad are preparing to officially revive the Joint List this week after months of negotiations, with Ra'am remaining outside the alliance for now.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.
MK GALIT Distel Atbaryan leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026.

'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.

|ByANNA BARSKY
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

According to the request, the applicants asked to join after the petition was filed, citing their public interest in the law and involvement in the parliamentary and public debate around it.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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

The campaign serves as a reference to a 2019 campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party that targeted journalists.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Odeh backtracks on historic statement: Joint List won’t join Gantz govt

The Joint List head accused Blue and White of having a “racist platform” and said he is not insulted by the party’s leadership saying they will not bring his bloc into a coalition.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List.

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.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

AUGUST 31, 2019ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
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

AUGUST 30, 2019ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
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.

AUGUST 28, 2019ByYANIV SAGEE
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.

AUGUST 27, 2019ByMAARIV ONLINE
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.

AUGUST 25, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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.

AUGUST 23, 2019ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
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.

AUGUST 23, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN
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.

AUGUST 22, 2019ByUDI SHAHAM
MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of Hadash-Ta'al Party, and Benny gantz, head of the Blue and White Party.