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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Ra'am Ta'al party

An Arab Israeli woman casts her vote during Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019, in Daliyat al-Carmel in northern Israel. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
May 1, 2019, 11:41 pm
New research claims fewer than half of Arab Israelis voted on April 9
Israel Democracy Institute’s Arik Rudnitzky says nation-state law led many Arabs to stay away, also cites collapse of Joint List; others have pointed to Likud cameras as deterrent
By Adam Rasgon
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)
April 9, 2019, 6:36 pm
Turnout very low among Arab Israeli voters, pollsters say
Hadash-Ta’al slate calls reports of significant drop in voting rates ‘an emergency,’ warning of ‘a very serious blow to Arab representation’
By ToI Staff and Adam Rasgon
An Israeli Arab woman walks past a campaign poster showing Israeli-Arab candidates in Kafr Manda. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 5, 2019, 6:34 am
As vote nears, Arab Israelis push for stronger Knesset voice amid boycott calls
Those urging staying away from the polls cite internal fighting and lack of influence, but others say without high enough turnout, community will lose any real representation
By Majeda El Batsh
Ballot boxes at the Central Elections Committee logistics center in Shoham, March 2019.
March 15, 2019, 1:25 am
Election survey shows small parties polling at threshold as bigger parties slide
Six parties would win four seats each in Knesset and another five would score ten or less, new poll indicates; Blue and White still ahead, but Likud seen likely to form coalition
By Stuart Winer
View of the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset, March 6, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 7, 2019, 12:06 am
Elections panel bars Arab slate, Jewish far-left candidate; court will now rule
Netanyahu welcomes development, saying ‘those who support terror’ shouldn’t be in Knesset; banned party Ra’am-Balad denounces ‘racist’ decision
By Stuart Winer
Representatives of the Central Elections Committee, February 20, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 5, 2019, 10:38 am
AG rejects bids to bar Arab parties and far-right Jewish alliance from elections
Mandelblit unpersuaded by claims Ra’am-Balad and Hadash-Ta’al seek to eliminate Israel, ultranationalists are a threat to equality; further petitions against Otzma Yehudit remain
By Stuart Winer
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)
February 21, 2019, 11:56 pm
Arab parties officially running on two tickets: Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am-Balad
Thursday’s registration of new rosters with election committee sees the Joint (Arab) List split into two separate alliances
By ToI Staff
Arab MKs in Istanbul ahead of a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on September 21, 2015. (Joint Arab List)
February 2, 2019, 8:14 pm
In meeting with Arab MKs, Erdogan reportedly vows to release 3 arrested Israelis
Turkish president delays legal proceedings against Israeli Arab trio who sought to undergo illegal kidney transplants; says will ‘share all means’ to support Palestinian cause
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
Joint (Arab) List leader Ayman Odeh attends a Knesset session in Jerusalem, January 1, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2019, 8:49 pm
MK Ayman Odeh unanimously reelected to head Hadash party
MK Aida Touma-Suleiman places second on list, while Ofer Kassif, currently the faction’s only Jewish candidate for Knesset, comes in third
By ToI Staff
Joint (Arab) List MK Abdullah Abu Maaruf (R) attends a Status of Women and Gender Equality Committee meeting in the Knesset on December 13, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 9, 2017, 6:10 pm
Joint List MK resigns as part of rotation deal roiling party
Abdullah Abu Maaruf to be replaced by Sa’id Alharomi; second MK set to step down has yet to do so, amid ongoing dispute with Balad party
By Marissa Newman
Knesset members from the Joint (Arab) List walk outside the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 (courtesy)
May 26, 2016, 1:47 pm
Arab MKs plan to defy ban, visit Temple Mount on Ramadan
3 Muslim lawmakers say they have a ‘religious duty’ to pray at the site; Knesset sergeant-at-arms says move could spark violence
By Raoul Wootliff
Joint (Arab) List leader Ayman Odeh (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2015, 1:15 pm
After uniting Arabs behind him, Ayman Odeh looks to lead opposition
Energized by positive polls, the leader of the Joint List speaks about discrimination, security and the right of Jews to self-determination
By Elhanan Miller
Then Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett (left) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, April 22, 2013 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 13, 2015, 8:30 pm
Jewish Home attacks Likud as parties spar over right-wing votes
Bennett’s party accuses Netanyahu of trying to lure away its voters and even planning a coalition with the left
By Justin Jalil
MK Masoud Ghanaim at his office in Sakhnin, January 26, 2015 (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)
February 1, 2015, 6:32 pm
‘No matter how left-wing,’ Arab parties won’t join coalition
Still, Masud Ganaim, No. 2 in the new joint Arab list, says he prefers Livni and Herzog over ‘racist’ Netanyahu government
By Elhanan Miller
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