Hadash

Ra’am, Joint List fight bids to bar them from Knesset election

Ra’am, the Joint List, Balad and two candidates asked the Central Elections Committee to reject six petitions seeking to bar them from the 2026 Knesset election.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas, together with party member Yoav Segalovich, arrives to submit the party list to the Central Elections Committee, Jerusalem, September 7, 2026; illustrative.
Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.

Likud says it will request to ban Arab parties from running in elections

The Likud stated that it would file the requests for the parties' disqualifications, and that "there is no place in the Knesset for those who harm IDF soldiers."

|ByKESHET NEEV
The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Hadash’s Jafar Farah withdraws Knesset bid amid sexual harassment allegations

Jafar Farah, Hadash’s No. 2 Knesset candidate, stepped down from the list amid allegations of sexual harassment and calls for his removal, while denying the claims against him.

|ByYOAV ETIEL/WALLA
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 22, 2019.

Israel Election 2026: What do Yousef Jabareen’s Joint Arab List and Mansour Abbas’ Ra’am stand for?

If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?

|BySHIR PERETS

Reality Check: What about Dov Henin?

Yacimovich’s decision to challenge Netanyahu solely over economic policy is nothing more than rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titantic.

DECEMBER 23, 2012ByJEFF BARAK
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Election c'tee to review requests to bar parties

Central Elections Committee to review 12 requests to disqualify parties, individuals from elections, including Shas, Balad's Zoabi.

DECEMBER 18, 2012ByLAHAV HARKOV
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Thousands march for human rights in Tel Aviv

ACRI president dedicates speech to womens' rights; leftist political factions represented among participants.

DECEMBER 7, 2012ByTAMARA ZIEVE, JPOST.COM STAFF
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Arab voters being ignored, parties say

Hadash MK requests Arab parties be included in projection polls, parties demand informational advertising in Arabic.

NOVEMBER 30, 2012ByILENE PRUSHER
Israeli-Arab man casts his vote elections voting 370 (R)

November 19: Readers speak out on Gaza operation

Because of our original lack of response, each day we hesitated we allowed our enemies to become stronger – which of course would mean more lost sons and maybe even daughters.

NOVEMBER 18, 2012ByJERUSALEM POST READERS
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In Tel Aviv, 100s protest against Gaza operation

Protesters call Operation Pillar of Defense "election campaign" for Netanyahu, chant "children in Sderot, Gaza want peace."

NOVEMBER 17, 2012ByBEN HARTMAN
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Hadash calls on public to end violence in Gaza

MK Dov Henin asks gov't to reach immediate cease-fire, hundreds participate in anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv.

NOVEMBER 15, 2012ByGABRIELLA WEINIGER
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Anti-war activists protest outside Barak’s home

About 100 activists chant “money for welfare, not war" outside Defense Minister's home as Gaza operation takes off.

NOVEMBER 14, 2012ByNADAV SHEMER
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Poll: 65% Arab electorate prefers united ticket

Dialog poll finds 55% would like slate of Arab parties to be headed by MK Ahmed Tibi; only 1% say they will vote for Zionist parties.

NOVEMBER 5, 2012ByILENE PRUSHER
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Arab parties may unite under one ticket for election

MK Taleb a-Sanaa proposes united ticket to buffer “extreme right-wing control” in the Knesset.

OCTOBER 11, 2012ByILENE PRUSHER
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