Arab parties

I do not want Israel to have a Zionist government. It needs a democratic one - opinion

The next government should be formed by every party – Jewish or Arab – that accepts a common democratic platform.

 President Isaac Herzog poses with the 37th government of Israel, December 29, 2022.
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.

Mansour Abbas' Ra'am party to hold first ever primary election for Knesset candidates

OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid and former prime minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the joint list Together, earlier this year.

My Word: Political name of the game - opinion

AN ARAB ISRAELI citizen casts his vote at a polling station in Mughar in the 2022 election.

Israel’s Arab vote potential: Politicians ignore potential election-winning demographic - opinion


Arab-Israeli lawmaker warns of third intifada after Friday attack

Ayman Odeh leaders criticize closure of Aksa Mosque after two policemen are shot dead.

HADASH MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List, speaks at the Knesset in this file photo.

PA'S Abbas, Arab MKs welcome Gabbay's Labor leadership win

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay stressed both security and readiness to negotiate with the Palestinians in his leadership election campaign.

Avi Gabbay, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labor party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv

Arabic's future as an official language in Israel at risk, legislators warn

Arab Mks say that should a bill proposing to eliminate Arabic's official status in the country pass, it will be a "nakba of our language."

A road sign in English, Hebrew, and Arabic points to the Israeli settlement of Susiya

Former MK Basel Ghattas to enter prison for phone smuggling affair

Ghattas, who accepted the sentence as part of the plea deal in March said he smuggled the phones and SIM cards for “humanitarian and moral reasons.”

Balad MK Basel Ghattas

Arab leaders ask Rivlin for better crime-fighting

The meeting took place at the annual iftar dinner hosted by President Reuven Rivlin on Monday.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN addresses the Holocaust Remembrance Day opening ceremony at Yad Vashem on Sunday

Violence erupts in Kafr Kasim, stoking Jewish-Arab tensions

One dead as father says security guard ‘murdered’ his son.

MOURNERS CARRY the body of Muhammad Taha at his funeral in Kafr Kasim, in the Triangle area east of Kfar Saba. Mayor Adel Badir accused police of routinely harassing people in the street.

Law, order and the conflict

Presently, Arab citizens are under the impression that homicide victims are not treated equally in the State of Israel. Jewish and Arab blood must be valued identically.

Cars set on fire in a riot in Kafr Kasim.

THE PENDING PEACE DEAL LIE

The Jerusalem Post

Passover a frantic time for Abu Ghosh restaurants

‘We make sure we have matzot,’ one proprietor says.

ABU GHOSH is twice as busy during Passover as during an ordinary week

Former MK Ghattas sentenced to 2 years prison, court almost tosses plea bargain

Ghattas will start serving his sentence on July 2 at Dekel Prison.

MK Basel Ghattas