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Ra’am, Joint List appeal election bans as petitions target Otzma Yehudit

The Supreme Court will also review the disqualifications of Ofer Cassif and Sami Abu Shehadeh.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.
SAMI ABU Shehadeh speaks during a protest against the war in Gaza in Tel Aviv, in 2023.

Attorney-General pushes for Israel's Supreme Court to ban leader of Arab party Balad from election

The Supreme Court is reviewing the Central Elections Committee’s September 23 decision to disqualify Abu Shehadeh, as required before the disqualification of an individual candidate can become final.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
SAMI ABU Shehadeh speaks during a protest against the war in Gaza in Tel Aviv, in 2023.

The Abu Shehadeh test: Will the court respect Israel’s will, or keep up the charade? - opinion

The Israeli public changed profoundly because of October 7. We understood that what we had previously regarded as a distant or manageable nuisance could become an existential danger.

|BySIMCHA ROTHMAN
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.

Central Elections Committee bars Arab Ra'am, Joint List parties from running in October elections

The CEC's decision is temporary pending a ruling from the Supreme Court.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, JAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Police ask A-G to open probe against Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif

Opposition MKs Ahmad Tibi and Ofer Cassif were both involved in high-profile incidents with police forces last week.

MAY 16, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
(L-R) Joint List MKs Aida Touma-Sliman, Ahmad Tibi and Ofer Cassif seen at a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem August 22, 2019

Coalition MKs upset about cooperating with Joint List in Knesset

A bill advanced on Thursday that would forbid spying for the Palestinian Authority or the European Union.

MAY 12, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
L-R Gilad Ach of the Ad Kan organization and Likud MK Avi Dichter.

Will Naftali Bennett’s Passover promise be kept? - opinion

Right from Wrong: Terrorism has had less of an impact on the powers-that-be in Jerusalem than Silman’s exit.

APRIL 14, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting, March 20, 2022.

House Committee to discuss removal of Ayman Odeh from Knesset

Despite probes, legal experts believe the Joint List head cannot be charged for incitement for his call for Arab-Israeli officers to disobey orders.

APRIL 12, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
Hadash party leader Ayman Odeh at the Knesset, 2019.

Police probing MK Odeh's call for Arab police officers to disobey orders

The chairman of the Joint List published a video in which he told all new Arab-Israeli police recruits to lay down their arms.

APRIL 11, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List – he holds a key to the castle, one that only Benny Gantz could use

By boycotting Zelensky, Joint List shows how wrong it is - editorial

Why is the party that claims to be against “occupation” in one place now supporting occupation in another?

MARCH 20, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AFTER THE right-wing parties of the opposition voted against it, members of the Joint List celebrate the defeat of the citizenship law in the Knesset this week.

Controversial citizenship bill passed into law

The bill aims to tighten immigration controls, making it harder for Palestinians who marry Israeli Arabs to receive citizenship.

MARCH 10, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

Term limit bill may be delayed by COVID-19

Changing the law would require the support of 61 MKs.

FEBRUARY 12, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid and Minister of justice Gideon Saar attend a plenum session for the 73rd establishment of the Knesset, in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 17, 2022.

Arab MKs have every right to speak Arabic during Knesset debates - editorial

What the opposition MKs forgot is that as a language with a special status in Israel, Arabic is one of two languages allowed to be spoken in the Knesset plenum.

JANUARY 8, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MK Walid Taha speaks during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.

Bill forcing violent men to receive psychological treatment passes

The bill, proposed by Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman, passed its second and third readings on Monday and will come into effect in May 2023.

DECEMBER 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Knesset plenum on October 4, 2021.