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An electoral billboard for Ra'am, with its leader Mansour Abbas and candidate Waleed Taha, is displayed in the predominantly Arab city of Kafr Qasim in central Israel on October 19, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
October 21, 2026, 5:58 pm
Turnout among Israel’s Arab voters could make or break hopes to unseat Netanyahu
Pollsters expect 63% Arab turnout, up 7% from 2022; with opposition bloc largely against Arab parties joining coalition, community leaders hope they can still wield influence
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The change bloc leaders: Avigdor Liberman, Yair Golan, Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett (Official campaign photos, combo created by The Times of Israel)
September 28, 2026, 5:09 pm
By refusing to name a leader, the anti-Netanyahu ‘change bloc’ is making a fatal mistake
An intended reconciliation meeting exposed a critical flaw. In declining to rally behind Gadi Eisenkot, the opposition is inviting relentless, deeply damaging internal rivalry
By Shalom Yerushalmi
MK Yoav Segalovitz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on October 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2026, 1:49 pm
How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October
Yoav Segalovitz’s speculated move from Yesh Atid to Ra’am could give the Arab party a new image — and the opposition the seats it needs to form a government
By Tomer Almagor
L-R: Arab party leaders Yousef Jabareen of Hadash, MK Ahmad Tibi of Ta'al, MK Mansour Abbas of Ra'am and Sami Abu Shehadeh of Balad meet ahead of a press conference in Jaffa on July 27, 2025. (Screenshot: 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
Members of the Arab community holding hundreds of fake coffins as they protest against the violence in their community, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on August 6, 2023 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 29, 2023, 1:42 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 29: Why Arab officials are under threat; women talk in Bnei Brak
Diaspora correspondent Canaan Lidor looks at Ukraine antisemitism and a women’s rights protest, as Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses violence and a new politician
By ToI Staff
A Yesh Atid campaign event targeted to Arab voters in Tamra, October 20, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)
October 31, 2022, 10:40 am
Yesh Atid is building an Arab voter base, but for now the party just hopes they vote
Despite setting up 32 Arab-focused branches, the party doesn’t expect to win more than a few thousand votes from the community in this election, focusing instead on driving turnout
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu appears in a campaign aid targeting Israel's Arab citizens on September 4, 2022. The message in Arabic reads "Come let's make an amazing story come true together" (Screen capture/Twitter)
October 27, 2022, 4:19 pm
Campaigning among Arabs, Netanyahu may be trying to pare down votes, not win them
Analysts say Likud’s outreach to Arabs is aimed at calming fears and keeping turnout low, after several previous elections saw scare campaigns backfire and bring out the voters
By Jack Mukand
Arab-Israelis cast their ballots as they vote in Israel's general election, in Kafr Manda, northern Israel on March 23, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
October 27, 2022, 12:38 pm
Surveys predict bump in Arab voter turnout ahead of November 1 elections
One poll finds 49% of Arab Israelis likely to cast ballot, while another suggests figure as high as 70% but includes those who ‘think’ they will vote
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 4, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2022, 6:36 am
Lapid’s near-impossible task: Why victory may not be in the cards
The prime minister’s campaign is beset on all sides by political paradoxes. For a start, how does he grow his party without cannibalizing his allies?
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Illustrative: The ruins of Beit Shean, ancient Scythopolis (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
October 25, 2022, 1:36 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 25: Push for Arab vote; archaeology meets science in research
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses efforts by Gantz and Lapid before election day; deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan discusses complex archaeomagnetic research
By ToI Staff
Joint List leader Ayman Odeh (Hadash) at a Knesset faction meeting on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2022, 7:26 pm
Hadash, Balad agree to run again under Joint List, with Tibi’s Ta’al yet to sign on
Parties have been locked in fight over spots on slate with alliance projected to win 5-6 seats; Odeh says Lapid, Gantz ‘will need to sweat a lot’ to get Joint List’s recommendation
By Jack Mukand
President Reuven Rivlin holds a reception for diplomatic corps in Jerusalem on September 25, 2019 (Mark Neiman/GPO)
September 25, 2019, 2:15 pm
Rivlin hails Arab Israelis’ increased participation in elections
Addressing foreign diplomats, president says he’s doing his best to facilitate the creation of ‘as broad a governing coalition as possible’
By Raphael Ahren
Graffiti in Jisr az-Zarka, a coastal Arab-Israeli town north of Caesarea. (Amir Ben David)
September 13, 2019, 6:48 am
Fear and loathing, and alienation, on the second 2019 Israeli campaign trail
In the run-up to Sept. 17, many Israelis of all stripes are wondering whether their elected officials even care about them anymore. At 4 very different locales, we found out why
By Amir Ben-David
Ali Salalha celebrates after the release Meretz primaries in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 7, 2019, 7:33 pm
Druze lawmaker quits Democratic Camp, says Arabs won’t vote for party
Ali Salalha says faction not taking him seriously after he brought thousands of votes to Meretz in last election, says Arab voters will not support Ehud Barak
By ToI Staff
A hidden camera allegedly snuck into a polling station in an Arab town by a Likud observer during parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019. (Courtesy Hadash-Ta'al)
August 28, 2019, 5:48 am
After banning Likud’s cameras from polling stations, state now wants to buy them
Election overseer gives go ahead for pilot project for state observers to film when there is suspicion of fraud, and reportedly turns to the only source with enough body cameras
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
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