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

Knesset Home Committee debates expulsion of MK Cassif

At least 90 members of Knesset must support Cassif's expulsion to proceed to a vote. The Knesset has never before impeached a fellow member.

JANUARY 29, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
MK Ofer Cassif attends a "55 years of occupation" conference in the Knesset, Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on June 08 2022

Cassif: Knife Hamas stuck in my heart is twisted by hands of keyboard warriors

For years, the right-wing governments avoided overthrowing the Hamas regime, even transferring funds to it in order to facilitate a favorable political situation for the deepening of the occupation.

OCTOBER 20, 2023ByOFER CASSIF/MAARIV
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the Knesset plenum, earlier this week. Operation Shield and Arrow fell short of his claims of a new equation against Islamic Jihad and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, says the writer.

Hadash-Ta'al head Ayman Odeh to leave Israeli politics

"Thank you all from the bottom of my heart," he wrote on Facebook. "I have decided not to run for the next term of the Knesset."

MAY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.

Herzog meets with Ra'am, Hadash-Ta'al for judicial reform negotiations

President Herzog is set to meet with faction leaders to discuss impending negotiations regarding the next steps in judicial reform negotiations.

MARCH 29, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas meets with President Isaac Herzog to present his party's recommendation for prime minister, November 10, 2022.

How did Israeli-Arabs react to Benjamin Netanyahu's election victory?

The Jerusalem Post spoke to two experts on the Israeli-Arab population in an attempt to understand the citizens' thoughts and feelings about the incoming coalition and government.

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022

Moshe Sneh: The communist who defended Israel - opinion

Maki, for decades the Middle East’s only legal communist party, competed for votes in consecutive Knesset elections, though it never became a significant actor

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByMARK REGEV
COMMUNIST MKS were among those elected to the Knesset last week on the joint Hadash-Ta’al list.

Israel election: Final results announced for election 2022

With Meretz and Balad definitely below the threshold, Netanyahu is ensured victory and will look to form a coalition.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Vote counting at the Knesset on November 3, 2022

The three factors that decided Israel's latest election - analysis

What were the factors that shaped the results of the 2022 Israeli elections?

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Ra'am, Balad and Hadash-Ta'al waiting to learn Israeli election fate

Updated exit polls later showed that Balad was close to crossing the threshold, which could wipe out Netanyahu's majority.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Ra'am party members at the campaign headquarters in the Arab Israeli town of Tamra, as the results of the Israeli elections are announced. November 1, 2022.

Israel Elections: The Jerusalem Post's top seven tips ahead of tomorrow's mayhem

Voting is a privilege and a right that excites the Israeli public every time it comes around (and around and around), and it's not just the day off of work; election day can be quite exciting.

OCTOBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A demonstration of a polling station ahead of the March 2021 elections.