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Party leaders Ayman Odeh (center left) and Ahmad Tibi (center right) seen during a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 7:08 pm
Arab parties Hadash, Ta’al, Balad announce joint electoral slate — without Ra’am
Factions say they are ‘leaving the door open’ for Mansour Abbas’s party to join them before the election; former MK Michal Rozin to run in The Democrats primary
By Ariela Karmel
Then-Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi attends an Education Committee meeting in the Knesset, November 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 21, 2025, 2:05 pm
Former Balad MK Hanin Zoabi detained for alleged terrorist incitement
Retired Israeli legislator told conference in Vienna that ‘you cannot differentiate between Hamas and the Palestinian people,’ says October 7 attackers ‘entered their own land’
By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers and Ariela Karmel
Hadash-Ta'al chair Ayman Odeh (left) and MK Ahmad Tibi lead a faction meeting at the Knesset, on July 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2025, 10:07 am
Arab parties meeting to discuss reuniting into Joint List bloc
Leadership dispute looms as Hadash party pushes Yousef Jabarin as head of revived merged slate, with Ra’am and Ta’al signaling willingness to compromise to keep alliance intact
By Ariela Karmel
Leaders of Arab parties meeting at a press conference in Jaffa including former Hadash MK Yousef Jabareen (left), Hadash-Ta'al MK Ahmad Tibi (2nd from left), Ra'am MK Mansour Abbas (2nd from right) and Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh (right), July 27, 2025. (Screen capture: Yanal Jabarin via X)
July 28, 2025, 5:22 pm
Arab parties consider reviving joint ticket as Arab public backs joining government
Poll finds broad support for Arab participation in a future coalition, as Hadash pushes to revive Joint List amid mounting discontent over Gaza war
By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol
MK Ayman Odeh chairs the Hadash–Ta'al party's weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, June 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 24, 2025, 11:43 am
Ahead of the 2026 elections, Ayman Odeh is pushing to reunite Israel’s Arab parties
‘There is no doubt the majority of the Arab population wants one and only one joint slate,’ says Hadash party chair, calling it crucial for defeating the ‘fascist messianic right’
By Sam Sokol
Mohammad Barakeh, chair of umbrella organization for the Arab community, the High Follow-up Committee in Jerusalem on November 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 9, 2023, 10:05 pm
4 former Arab MKs detained on their way to an anti-war protest
Police allege the planned event threatened public order; Hadash slams ‘silencing of voices for peace’
By ToI Staff
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 29, 2022, 1:52 pm
Ra’am chief slams other Arab parties for helping bring down previous government
Mansour Abbas questions purpose of Hadash-Ta’al alliance and its ‘dogmatic’ approach to politics, arguing it does not help Arabs; says community fears incoming right-wing coalition
By ToI Staff
File: Meretz leader Zehava Galon, left, speaks to thousands of Israeli Left wing activists during a rally in Tel-Aviv on May 27, 2017; Labor leader Merav Michaeli attends a conference in Rishon Lezion on July 19, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90); (Flash90)
November 3, 2022, 10:54 pm
Netanyahu won 8-seat majority over his opponents despite near-parity in raw votes
With Meretz and Balad failing to cross the electoral threshold, some 289,000 votes were wasted by anti-Netanyahu parties, smoothing the right-wing religious camp’s path to victory
By Jeremy Sharon
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
November 2, 2022, 2:22 pm
Why the remaining ballots are likely to sink Balad, confirm Netanyahu’s victory
Arab party, currently below threshold, is critical for denying Likud a majority. But Israel Democracy Institute data shows double-envelope ballots majorly disadvantage Arab parties
By ToI Staff
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on November 2, 2022, with his wife Sara at his side, as votes are counted in the general elections. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
November 2, 2022, 1:01 pm
With 86% of votes tallied, Netanyahu headed for decisive comeback victory
Near-complete results give Likud leader’s bloc 65 seats, with far-right set to gain unprecedented sway; landscape could change if Meretz, Balad cross threshold, but seen unlikely
By Michael Bachner
Israelis cast their ballots in the Israeli general elections, at a voting station in Jerusalem,on November 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 2, 2022, 6:26 am
Election czar rebuffs Netanyahu allegations of Arab fraud, says vote went smoothly
Central Elections Committee head Orly Adas says incidents were minor and were dealt with, as Likud leader tries to cast doubt on votes received by Arab parties
By ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta'al party leaders at their headquarters in the northern town of Shefaram, as the results of the Israeli general elections are announced, November 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 2, 2022, 3:45 am
2 of 3 Arab factions predicted to enter Knesset, vow to oppose far-right ‘fascism’
Exit polls show Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al crossing electoral threshold and Balad just below as some voice fear over Religious Zionism’s strong showing
By Jack Mukand
A Lod marketplace on election day, November 1, 2022. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
November 1, 2022, 7:26 pm
Voters in mixed Jewish-Arab city Lod choose between far-right and radical left
Tensions in Lod have abated since the severe intercommunal violence of May 2021, but the riots are still fresh in the minds of some voters
By Jeremy Sharon
Balad party head MK Sami Abu Shahadeh arrives to cast his vote at a voting station for the Israeli general elections, November 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 1, 2022, 4:42 pm
Casting ballot, long-shot Balad head Sami Abou Shahadeh predicts ‘election surprise’
With fate hinging on Arab turnout, leader of hardline anti-Zionist party confident he will return to Knesset as other Arab voters in Jaffa seek ‘change’ by sticking with Lapid
By Jack Mukand
A man walks by an election campaign billboard showing Sami Abu Shehadeh, head of the nationalist Balad party, in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
October 30, 2022, 3:06 pm
Damned if you vote, damned if you don’t: Despair a deciding factor in Arab turnout
Even generous forecasts cap neglected minority’s turnout at 50%, but Balad’s breakaway from Hadash-Ta’al offers those who refuse to cooperate with government a new political home
By Jacob Magid
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