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.

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 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

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?


Jewish-Arab Hadash Party: Israel in ‘blood covenant’ with ISIS and US to divide Syria

The party claims that the way to oppose the civil war in Syria is “to stand with the Syrian people against imperialism, Zionism, and the Arab [response].”

ISIS militant.

On appeal, District Court cancels conviction of former MK Barakei for alleged tussle

District court notes that part of decision to cancel conviction relates to around 10 years having passed since incident and the fact that Barakeh no longer serves in Knesset.

Muhammad Barakei‏

The need for a united Arab list

If such a joint list is established, it could be a model for a divided and torn Arab region.

Elections in Israel

Former Knesset speaker to ‘Post’: Nationalism most dangerous kind of politics in Israel

Avraham Burg plans to expand Hadash party into something "broader and more comprehensive."

Avraham Burg

District Court orders lower court do-over on decision to convict MK Barakei

Barakei was convicted of tussle with right-wing activist, but court did not explain why his acts were not covered by his parliamentary immunity.

Muhammad Barakei‏

Navy reveals new details on underwater mine clearance unit

The unit took part in Operation Protective Edge in Gaza this summer.

IDF underwater mine clearance unit

The viability of a two-state solution after Operation Protective Edge

It is not up to American Jewry or the American government to force this decision upon a sovereign democratic nation amid the growing scourge of rising radical Islamism on all of its sides.

Hamas terror operatives in Gaza tunnel

Holocaust survivor arrested in Missouri protests

Hedy Epstein, also a fierce critic of Israel: This is how I’m entering my 10th decade of life!

Hedy Epstein

Intelligence report: The Hamas collective

If there are cracks and miscommunications in the organization, it’s among the rank and file mid-level commanders. There is a growing sense by them that their leaders have abandoned them.

Palestinians stand by the rubble of the home of Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City

Hadash MK Barakei convicted of hitting rightist protester, acquitted of more serious charge

The verdict against the Israeli Arab lawmaker was handed down on Sunday by the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court.

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