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Left to right: Hadash chairman Yousef Jabareen, Balad chair Sami Abou Shahadeh and Ta'al head Ahmad Tibi. (Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 8:37 pm
Arab-majority Hadash, Ta’al and Balad parties agree on joint run after striking deal
Combined election slate would see Hadash’s Yousef Jabareen at the helm, followed by Ta’al’s Ahmad Tibi and then Balad’s Sami Abou Shahadeh, after Tibi demanded better conditions
By ToI Staff
MK Ahmad Tibi attends a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
Negotiations over Arab joint list hit snag as Ahmad Tibi rejects proposed slate
Mooted list would give Ta’al smallest Knesset representation of three parties. Hadash chairman Jabareen calls proposal ‘an expression of the public’s will’
By Sam Sokol
Party leaders Ayman Odeh (center left) and Ahmad Tibi (center right) seen during a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 7:08 pm
Arab parties Hadash, Ta’al, Balad announce joint electoral slate — without Ra’am
Factions say they are ‘leaving the door open’ for Mansour Abbas’s party to join them before the election; former MK Michal Rozin to run in The Democrats primary
By Ariela Karmel
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ahmad Tibi speaks to the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, January 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2026, 9:58 am
Police threaten legal action after Arab MK calls force’s spokesman ‘a loser’
Ahmad Tibi, who has parliamentary immunity, urges internal affairs probe of Israel Police spokesman after on-air argument over police shooting during raid on Bedouin town
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta'al chair Ayman Odeh (left) and MK Ahmad Tibi lead a faction meeting at the Knesset, on July 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2025, 10:07 am
Arab parties meeting to discuss reuniting into Joint List bloc
Leadership dispute looms as Hadash party pushes Yousef Jabarin as head of revived merged slate, with Ra’am and Ta’al signaling willingness to compromise to keep alliance intact
By Ariela Karmel
MK Ayman Odeh chairs the Hadash–Ta'al party's weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, June 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 24, 2025, 11:43 am
Ahead of the 2026 elections, Ayman Odeh is pushing to reunite Israel’s Arab parties
‘There is no doubt the majority of the Arab population wants one and only one joint slate,’ says Hadash party chair, calling it crucial for defeating the ‘fascist messianic right’
By Sam Sokol
Hadash leader Ayman Odeh points during a press conference with lawmakers from the allied Hadash-Ta'al faction as they register their party list on September 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2022, 1:23 am
Arab-led Joint List splits into 2 factions, shuffling political deck at last minute
Drama over rotation deal splinters party into Hadash-Ta’al and Balad, in move that could help Netanyahu back to power; Labor and Meretz finalize independent runs, rebuffing Lapid
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh at a conference in Jerusalem on July 26, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2022, 10:31 am
Joint List agrees on another united run ahead of deadline for filing Knesset slates
Netanyahu said to promise NIS 3 billion a year for ultra-Orthodox education to ensure joint run of Ashkenazi Haredi parties in UTJ; Meretz still willing to merge with Labor
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
Joint List MK Osama Saadi at a Knesse committee meeting on July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2022, 3:17 pm
Joint List MK says he won’t run in upcoming Knesset elections
Osama Saadi announces departure as predominantly Arab party struggles in the polls, faces potential split; Ta’al subfaction members urge him to reconsider
By ToI Staff
Joint List members present their party slate to the Central Elections Committee in the Knesset, January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 20, 2022, 5:02 am
Report: PA working to convince Joint List to rejoin with Ra’am ahead of election
Israeli TV network quotes unnamed Palestinian official who confirms that intelligence chief met Arab MKs but insists PA not seeking to interfere in November election
By ToI Staff
Joint List party chairman MK Ayman Odeh attends an Internal Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2022, 9:22 pm
Arab Israeli MKs skip Zelensky’s Knesset speech: ‘NATO imposed this war’
Only Ra’am’s Walid Taha attends Ukrainian president’s address to the Knesset; no Joint List MKs present, with some refusing to condemn Russian invasion
By Aaron Boxerman
MK Ahmad Tibi speaks during a protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2021, 4:05 pm
Joint List’s Tibi undergoes emergency kidney stone surgery
MK rushed to hospital after feeling unwell, two days after diagnosis
By ToI Staff
Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2021, 8:31 pm
Joint List’s Tibi briefly hospitalized due to kidney stones
MK sent home following tests and diagnosis; will return to Hadassah for additional monitoring; same condition hospitalized Ra’am chairman Abbas in April
By ToI Staff
Knesset Members Osama Saadi (R) and Ahmad Tibi (L) attend a Knesset committee meeting on September 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2021, 12:19 am
2 Joint List MKs may abstain to ensure majority for new government — report
Ta’al faction said to be waiting until last minute to see whether or not it should vote against the incoming coalition
By ToI Staff
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