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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."
Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll
Hadash’s Jafar Farah withdraws Knesset bid amid sexual harassment allegations
Israel Election 2026: What do Yousef Jabareen’s Joint Arab List and Mansour Abbas’ Ra’am stand for?
Yashar takes lead over Likud as Arab parties projected to receive 10 seats - poll
The poll also scrutinized how voters would react to a scenario in which Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad united to run as a joint list, or if a so-called "third bloc" formed.
Arab parties move to reestablish Joint List without Ra’am after disagreements with Abbas
Polls have shown that if the Arab parties were to run together, they would receive more seats than they would obtain in a separate run.
Netanyahu’s coalition moves to ban Ra'am from future elections over terror links - report
The initiative stems from a legal battle to designate the Southern Faction of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Ra’am’s parent movement, as a terrorist organization.
Hadash elects former MK Yousef Jabareen as party chairman, ousting Ayman Odeh
"We will do everything to prevent the Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and Smotrich government from continuing for another term," he said in a statement published by Hadash.
New right-wing parties keep failing to unseat Likud - opinion
Many have tried unsuccessfully to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud from the Right, but a more realistic goal would be to take votes away from Naftali Bennett.
Return of Arab Joint List takes seats from opposition while Likud strengthens - poll
The revived Joint List would win 13 seats, up from the 10 currently projected when the parties ran separately. The seats came at the expense of Yesh Atid, Naftali Bennett, and Gadi Eisenkot.
On a tightrope: Israel’s Arab citizens and the war with Hamas - opinion
The Joint Arab List split up alters the political landscape - analysis
Balad, which was one of three parties in the Joint Arab List broke away from the other two, making it less likely that they will pass the electoral threshold.
The changing status of Israel’s Arab population - opinion
This complicated reality is undoubtedly reflected in the new political constellation created by Israel’s 36th government, and the way the Jewish opposition speaks of and relates to the Arab MKs.
Tibi leaves Holocaust commemoration event as Ben-Gvir reads victims' names
Tibi, who opposes Israel as a specifically Jewish state, is fiercely antagonistic towards Ben-Gvir and his far-right, ultra-nationalist party which seeks to encourage Arab emigration from Israel.
