Arab parties

Is Netanyahu hoping for a deadlock in the upcoming elections? - opinion

With smear campaigns and a possible attempt to manipulate the Likud’s primaries, the PM might be aiming for an election rematch outcome

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.
Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Arab parties’ Joint List deal collapses as Tibi rejects proposed Knesset slate

 President Isaac Herzog poses with the 37th government of Israel, December 29, 2022.

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

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.

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


Ghattas’s detention extended for another day

Balad leader says Joint List MK’s arrest part of larger "attack" on Arabs.

MK Basel Ghattas

Will MK Impeachment Law be used for the first time on Arab Israeli MK?

Ghattas is being investigated for smuggling phones to two Fatah prisoners in Ketziot Prison.

MK Basel Ghattas at Temple Mount

Leading Arab journalist: Should Arab MKs even be in the Knesset?

“If the situation continues like this, it will be necessary to think twice before running for Knesset."

Members of the Joint Arab List gesture during a news conference in Nazareth, January 23

Palestine in Tel Aviv

Unofficial cultural embassy hosts olive harvest festival.

Paintings of olive trees at the Jaffa Art Salon

Arab party fined most by Comptroller

Yesh Atid overspent the most.

Israeli Arab MKs at protest in Beersheba against planned destruction of illegal unrecognized Beduin villages

Arab MKs questioned by police over fraud case

In a statement on the Balad party’s Facebook page on Monday termed the investigation “political persecution against the Arab public and its parties.”

MK HANEEN ZOABI (right) sits with MK Jamal Zahalka at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in May 2012.

Arab party founder, accused of Hezbollah spying, reportedly given US visa

He fled Israel in 2007 on suspicion of aiding and passing information to Hezbollah, including during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. He is currently wanted for questioning by police.

Former Balad MK Azmi Bishara

Arab party head: Peres brought disaster to my people, despite merits of the 90s

After Peres’ death, not one MK from the Joint List released a statement about Peres, even upon request.

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh

Can Arab MKs reconcile the Fatah-Hamas divide?

“Fatah and Hamas have been urged for more than 10 years to reconcile, public opinion is overwhelmingly in their favor and that has not been enough."

Joint List MKs Ayman Odeh, Jamal Zahalka and Haneen Zoabi at the Tel Aviv University Nakba Day protest

A brief history of Balad scandals

The party, whose name is an acronym for “National Democratic Alliance,” was founded in 1995 by Azmi Bishara, who entered the Knesset alone after running on a joint ticket with MK Ahmad Tibi.

MK HANEEN ZOABI (right) sits with MK Jamal Zahalka at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in May 2012.