January 28, 2015
1:27 am

Arab-Israeli Knesset members and candidates announce a unity deal at a press conference on January 23, 2015 in the northern city of Nazareth (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

As Arab MKs unite, a new political landscape emerges

Communists, Palestinian nationalists and religious Muslims band together for the first time, in hopes of rallying Israel’s largest minority and unseating Netanyahu

By Areej Hazboun and Daniel Estrin

January 24, 2015
9:15 pm

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2014. Photo credit: Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Liberman’s party calls to disqualify new united Arab faction

Yisrael Beytenu to file petition with Central Elections Committee to bar joint list from running for Knesset

By Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2015
7:12 pm

Ayman Odeh, head of the new united Arab party comprised of Balad, Ra'am-Ta'al, Hadash and the Islamic Movement. (Photo credit: CC BY-SA 4.0, Anan M/Wikimedia)

Head of new united Arab party aims to prevent right-wing election win

Ayman Odeh claims joint slate, polling at 12 seats, ‘stronger than Liberman'; Tibi calls on Israeli Jews to vote for new alliance

By Lazar Berman and Times of Israel staff

January 22, 2015
11:14 pm

Balad Chairman MK Jamal Zahalka (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Arab parties finalize unity deal

New faction will be headed by political newcomer Ayman Odeh, and is expected to win some 12 seats in March’s elections

By Lazar Berman

January 22, 2015
4:17 pm

Ahmad Tibi holds a Palestinian flag atop the Temple Mount, January 3, 2015 (photo credit: Channel 2 / Tamar Abidat)

Ahmad Tibi’s Ra’am-Ta’al list splits into two factions

Knesset member says joint slate still a possibility, in apparent reference to expected unity deal with other Arab parties

By Adiv Sterman

January 21, 2015
11:18 pm

MKs form Balad and Hadash during a plenum session voting on the state budget, in the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 29, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)

Arab parties, Hadash set to announce unity deal

New faction will be headed by Ayman Odeh and is expected to win some 12 seats in the upcoming elections

By Adiv Sterman

January 4, 2015
4:12 am

Hadash Knesset members (from left) Afu Agbaria, Dov Khenin, Mohammad Barakeh and Hana Sweid pose in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, November 27, 2013 (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Hadash subscribes to Arab unity, with reservations

Socialist party insists on Jews and women in joint Knesset list; former Labor MK Avraham Burg rumored to mull run

By Elie Leshem

December 8, 2014
11:48 am

Members of the Knesset House Committee approve the final draft of a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Monday, December 8, 2014 (photo credit: Knesset spokesperson's office)

On its last day, a Knesset gripped by election fever

Hours before a vote that will see many lawmakers out of a job, passions flare over last-minute budget allocations to defense and settlements

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 3, 2014
10:40 am

Avi Nissankorn, chairman of the Histadrut Labor Union, speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, October 7, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minimum wage hike agreed, averting strike

Monthly salaries to rise by NIS 700 over next two years, but firing of Lapid means deal won’t apply to government employees

By Marissa Newman

November 16, 2014
4:50 pm

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni seen in the Knesset on November 12, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Livni postpones ‘Jewish state’ vote, PM to present bill anyway

In latest intra-coalition spat, Netanyahu says discussing proposed law is ‘important for the future of the Jewish people in Israel’

By Marissa Newman and Adiv Sterman

November 16, 2014
1:59 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, November 16, 2014. (photo credit: Amit Shabi/POOL)

Netanyahu backs ‘Jewish state’ bill, with revisions

PM says controversial legislation would ‘balance’ judicial system; slams Abbas for incitement and ‘propaganda’

By Marissa Newman

November 9, 2014
5:45 pm

The entrance to the tunnel along the road from Jerusalem to the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, Feb 22 2009. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

MKs charge ‘civil law’ bill will lead to settlement annexation

Justice minister says she’ll appeal against cabinet committee-approved legislation requiring IDF to copy Israeli civil laws in West Bank

By Times of Israel staff and Tamar Pileggi

August 20, 2014
12:20 pm

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaking at a meeting in the Knesset to discuss Operation Protective Edge, on August 4, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Liberman warns of ‘war of attrition’ with Hamas

FM says Israel should avoid getting dragged into conflict managed from Gaza; says even left-wing government would wage war against terror group

By Yifa Yaakov

July 6, 2014
6:06 pm

File photo of masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones at Israeli police during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem, July 3, 2014. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Feels like a third intifada, but conditions are not ripe

A new Palestinian wave of violence is in the air, but a tired public and lack of bellicose leadership may prevent it from becoming a full-fledged uprising

By Elhanan Miller

July 3, 2014
11:53 pm

Members of the Parents Circle, who have lost a loved one in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, demonstrating in Tel Aviv, July 3, 2013. (photo credit: Melanie Lidman)

Thousands protest ‘wave of hate’ in Tel Aviv

Peace activists and bereaved families call for an end to Jewish-Arab violence as nation seethes over slain teens

By Melanie Lidman

Topic: Dov Khenin