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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Mtanes Shihadeh

Joint List MK Sami Abou Shahadeh, on September 25, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 24, 2021, 11:06 am
Balad faction elects new leader as future of Joint List hangs in balance
MK Sami Abou Shahadeh wins primary vote in Arab nationalist faction, with alliance of Arab parties reportedly considering expelling conservative Ra’am faction
By Raoul Wootliff and Aaron Boxerman
Mansour Abbas of the Ra'am party holds a press conference after a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 25, 2020, 12:11 pm
Arab MK under fire from his party for urging cooperation with Netanyahu
Mansour Abbas, leader of Ra’am faction in Joint List, gives interview to right-wing TV network, sparking accusation from Balad faction that he’s effectively quitting the party
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MK Yair Lapid speaks at the Maariv conference in Herzliya, on February 26, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 10, 2020, 10:35 am
Lapid: Joint List-backed minority coalition the only alternative to 4th election
Blue and White MK defends bid to woo Arab support, while admitting it’s ‘not the government we wanted’; says another national vote would be a ‘catastrophe’
By ToI Staff
Blue and White chair Benny Gantz (C) meeting with leaders of the Joint List alliance, Ayman Odeh (L) and Ahmed Tibi, October 31, 2019. (Ofek Avshalom)
March 9, 2020, 9:53 pm
Joint List rebukes Gantz for calling only 3 of 4 of its sub-faction leaders
Blue and White head tells some Joint List MKs he is committed to forming a government for Jews and Arabs, but does not include Balad lawmaker Mtanes Shihadeh in calls
By Adam Rasgon
Head of the Blue and White party Benny Gantz (R) and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman speak to the press after their meeting in Ramat Gan on March 9, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 9, 2020, 5:23 pm
Blue and White may oust 2 renegade MKs as Gantz-Liberman alliance moves forward
Gantz insists that only he calls shot in party, after report that right-wingers opposed to Joint List partnership may be booted; says he and Liberman agreed to work together
By Jacob Magid
Mtanes Shihadeh, leader of the Balad faction of the Joint List, at an election campaign event, August 20, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
March 8, 2020, 3:08 pm
Head of Arab nationalist faction in Joint List sets terms for supporting Gantz
Blue and White must agree written deal with Arab alliance, annul controversial laws seen as discriminatory, says Mtanes Shihadeh – still noncommittal on his Balad faction’s backing
By ToI Staff
Mtanes Shihadeh of the Joint List, leader of the Balad party, attends an election campaign event in Tel Aviv, August 20, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
October 24, 2019, 1:34 pm
Top Balad lawmaker: Gantz didn’t call me, but I won’t meet with him in any case
Blue and White chief speaks to senior MKs of the other factions in Joint List; Mtanes Shihadeh says he does not want to talk
By Adam Rasgon
Mtanes Shihadeh, a member of Balad within the Joint List. (Courtesy of Balad)
September 24, 2019, 1:07 pm
A brief history of Balad, the renegade Joint List faction that passed on Gantz
The secular Arab nationalist party is opposed to exclusively Jewish statehood, has long courted controversy with members such as Azmi Bishara, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas
By Adam Rasgon
The scene of a stabbing near the Beit Dror LGBT youth hostel in Tel Aviv on July 26, 2019. (Screen capture/Channel 13)
July 27, 2019, 10:15 am
Arab lawmakers condemn stabbing outside LGBT youth hostel
‘A hate crime like this against a youth because of his sexual identity is unacceptable,’ Balad MK says as police continue hunt for suspect
By ToI Staff
MKs Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi react after submitting a joint list of candidates from their Hadash and Ta'al parties to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset on February 21, 2019. (Hadash)
June 13, 2019, 8:11 pm
Arab-majority parties meet to discuss reestablishment of Joint List
Hadash official says factions want to announce unified slate within two weeks; Balad MK says parties yet to iron out seat distribution
By Adam Rasgon
Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish attends the Israeli 67th Independence Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
April 11, 2019, 11:09 pm
Arab journalist slams Likud poll station cameras; Arab party: ‘Political terror’
Lucy Aharish asks: ‘What would we say if cameras were placed on Jewish voters in US?’; Arab voter turnout fell to 52%, pollster estimates, compared to 63.7% in 2015
By Adam Rasgon
Mtanes Shihadeh, a member of Balad within the Joint List. (Courtesy of Balad)
April 8, 2019, 9:35 pm
Balad politician wants Arab Israelis to take control of their education
Mtanes Shihadeh says his party will not recommend Gantz or anyone else for PM; pushes back on criticism of outgoing MK Hanin Zoabi
By Adam Rasgon
Israeli journalist Amit Segal. (CC BY-SA Hanay/Wikimedia Commons)
March 5, 2019, 10:56 pm
Arab Israeli party sues journalist for calling it a ‘terror organization’
Balad demands $77,500 and an apology from Channel 12’s Amit Segal, terming his claim ‘malicious, offensive, cynical and irresponsible’
By ToI Staff
Joint (Arab) List MK Jamal Zahalka in the Knesset plenum on July 26, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 2, 2019, 6:25 pm
Balad chair: Party is ‘part of Palestinian national movement,’ PM a war criminal
Choosing Knesset slate, Arab faction hears greetings from ex-MK who fled amid Hezbollah spy allegations, former MK jailed for smuggling contraband to Palestinian security prisoners
By ToI Staff
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