Balad Party

Abu Shehadeh faces a disqualification hearing centered on an October 8, 2023, article and whether it meets the Supreme Court’s strict legal standard.

Ra’am, the Joint List, Balad and two candidates asked the Central Elections Committee to reject six petitions seeking to bar them from the 2026 Knesset election.

If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?

The agreement is pending final approval by the three parties, with an official announcement expected in the coming days after negotiations over the framework appeared to reach a breakthrough.

The poll also scrutinized how voters would react to a scenario in which Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad united to run as a joint list, or if a so-called "third bloc" formed.

Among the opposition parties, the Democrats have failed to return to double digits after losing two seats last week, falling to nine, below the level recorded before the party’s primaries.

According to the poll, if elections were held today, Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot would each lead with 23 seats, an increase of two seats for each compared with the previous poll.

This is Likud’s lowest figure since August 2025, when it received 21 seats in a Maariv poll. However, the coalition bloc maintained its strength from last week at 50 seats.

A new poll by ArPanel reveals strong backing among Israeli Arabs for a unified Joint List, with 82% in favor and a clear preference for new candidates in the upcoming Knesset election.

The bloc, once made up of the four Arab parties, began to break apart ahead of the 2021 elections after Ra’am left the alliance.