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Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas gives an interview to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, November 30, 2023 (Screenshot: CNN, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 2, 2023, 5:35 pm
Ra’am’s Abbas urges armed Palestinian factions to disarm, before softening statement
Arab party chair clarifies disarmament should happen as part of establishment of a state; reiterates condemnation of ‘inhumane’ October 7 massacres
By ToI Staff
An Arab Israeli man (L) registers before voting in elections for the Knesset on April 9, 2019, at a school turned polling station in the northern town of Tayibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 4, 2019, 11:49 am
Liberman urges anti-fraud cameras in Arab, ultra-Orthodox polling stations
Yisrael Beytenu leader says he doesn’t trust ballot counts in those communities, wants surveillance at all voting locations across the country
By Stuart Winer and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Yisrael Beytenu head, Avigdor Liberman, right. (Flash90)
June 24, 2019, 5:23 pm
Liberman: PM seeking minority coalition with Haredim propped up by Arab parties
Netanyahu grasps that he can’t form right-wing coalition without Yisrael Beytenu and therefore will rely on outside support from non-Zionist factions, former defense minister says
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with representatives of the Joint (Arab) List party to discuss enlarging the budgets for Arab towns in Israel, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 31, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
June 23, 2019, 7:46 pm
Likud MK says Netanyahu mulled forming coalition with Arab parties
Miki Zohar says PM ultimately rejected reaching out to Ra’am-Balad and Hadash-Ta’al, as he scrambled to cobble together government; parties deny claim
By Jacob Magid
Ta'al party leader MK Ahmad Tibi speaks during a discussion on a bill to dissolve the parliament, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 30, 2019, 10:28 am
Four Arab parties seeking to reunite for coming elections
Hadash, Ta’al, Ra’am, and Balad reportedly looking at re-forming the Joint List in an effort to win back seats lost in April vote
By Stuart Winer
Blue and White Knesset members Yoaz Hendel (L) and Zvi Hauser seen on April 29, 2019, ahead of the opening Knesset session after elections. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 12:01 pm
2 Blue and White MKs boycott opposition rally over speech by Arab party leader
Moshe Ya’alon, who heads hawkish faction within centrist party, says he opposed invite to Ayman Odeh; Hadash-Ta’al chief threatens to sue Likud for calling him a ‘terror supporter’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Israelis, some wearing Turkish-style Fez headgear to link Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Turkey strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, take part in an anti-corruption demonstration held by opposition parties outside the Tel Aviv Museum on May 25, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 12:43 am
Likud derides rally protesting Netanyahu immunity drive as a ‘joke’
Ruling party dismisses speech by ‘terror supporter’ leader of Arab Israeli party, notes presence of ‘ex-convict’ Olmert
By ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta'al chairman Ayman Odeh speaks at a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Tel Aviv Museum on May 25, 2019. (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 25, 2019, 11:47 pm
Arab MK at rally against immunity for PM: Without equality there’s no democracy
Ayman Odeh calls for Arab-Jewish partnership to ‘enact change’ as tens of thousands gather in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu
By Jacob Magid
Thousands of Israelis take part in a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on May 25, 2019, calling to stop the proposed law to grant the premier immunity from corruption investigations. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 7:57 pm
Thousands gather for mass rally to ‘safeguard Israeli democracy’ from Netanyahu
Yair Lapid says Tel Aviv demo is to protest PM’s efforts ‘to avoid going to jail’ via legislative push that would grant him immunity from prosecution, radically curb Supreme Court
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Arab MKs from the Hadash-Ta'al party hold a press conference after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin on April 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 5:42 pm
After outcry over non-invite, Arab parties to join TLV rally against PM immunity
Hadash-Ta’al head to address Saturday night ‘save democracy’ protest; Ra’am-Balad members to attend following uproar over Blue and White organizers’ failure to include them
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Arab MKs from the Hadash-Ta'al party hold a press conference after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin on April 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 30, 2019, 10:06 pm
Arab MKs walk out on anthem during Knesset swearing-in ceremony
All lawmakers from Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am-Balad parties exit during ‘Hatikva’; three legislators absent from entire event
By ToI Staff
A red carpet was laid out for the opening of the 19th Knesset today, February 5, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 12, 2019, 12:29 pm
9 major generals, 29 women, 49 rookies: Meet the 21st Knesset
Final election results show record number of newcomers will be sworn into parliament on April 30. From Likud to Ra’am Balad, here are Israel’s lawmakers in-waiting
By Raoul Wootliff
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett hold a press conference of the New Right Political party, in Tel Aviv on March 17, 2019. (Flash90)
April 10, 2019, 10:10 am
New Right, just shy of electoral threshold, pins hopes on soldiers’ votes
With some 200,000 ballots yet to be tallied, Naftali Bennett’s party is just some 4,300 votes short; Arab party Ra’am-Balad appears to squeak in
By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the launch of his Likud party's election campaign in Ramat Gan, March 4, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/ Flash90)
March 11, 2019, 11:30 pm
New poll shows small right-wing parties clearing threshold, bolstering bloc
Channel 13 survey indicates Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud could easily cobble together coalition, while Benny Gantz’s Blue and White would fall short by several seats
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party members (L-R) Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya'alon during a press conference in the Golan Heights on March 4, 2019. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
March 9, 2019, 9:00 pm
Election poll shows drop in support of Blue and White
While the centrist political alliance garners 31 seats — above Likud’s 28 — Saturday survey indicates right-wing and religious bloc more likely to form coalition
By ToI Staff
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