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What I learned speaking to Arabs voting in Israel's election - reporter's notebook

People were passionate about politics. Around 4,300 people voted in Abu Ghosh, which is 78 percent of the population. In Gilo, around 15,000 people voted, or 65-70 percent.

Arab Israelis and Israeli left-wing activist students take part in a rally marking the Nakba anniversary at Tel Aviv University, May 13, 2026.
Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu at the Likud party’s election headquarters in Jerusalem, October 28, 2026

Israel election results signal political deadlock, raising three possible post-election scenarios

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Eisenkot leads Netanyahu but deadlock looms, election polls show two days before Israelis vote

ILLUSTRATIVE: View of the Arab-Israeli town of Bayada, northern Israel. February 13, 2025.

Most young Arab Israelis are willing to vote for non-Arab parties, demand solution for crime - poll


Palestinian bandwagon

This week, yet again, some Israeli Arab MKs joined Palestinian leaders in choosing lawfare over the chance for progress.

Israeli Arab lawmakers from the Joint Arab List (from L to R) Osama Saadi, Ahmed Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Masud Ganaim and Haneen Zoabi stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 28, 2015.

Arab MKs and Palestinians jointly seek to censure Israel at U.N.

“Anyone who cooperates with the Palestinian Authority against Israel should ask themselves whether their rightful place is in the Palestinian or Israeli parliament,” Edelstein said.

Attending the conference at the Knesset yesterday are, from second left, B’Tselem head Hagai El-Ad and MKs Aida Touma-Sliman, Ayman Odeh and Dov Henin

Undeterred: Haneen Zoabi, the Joint List and new political struggles

The outspoken and controversial Knesset member talks about BDS, the Arab Spring and how she hopes the Joint List will struggle harder against right-leaning politics in Israel.

MK Haneen Zoabi [L] speaks at a news conference announcing the Joint List political slate of all the Arab parties with Ahmed Tibi [R], in Nazareth in 2015

Knesset event on ‘children of occupation’ angers Right

The MKs also announced that they would show a documentary about the suffering of Palestinian children, but the Knesset does not permit showing videos at meetings.

THE MINARET of a mosque is seen near the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan

Arab MKs angry at bill that could break up Joint List

“There is no reason to allow more than two parties to run on one list and trick the public.”

MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) visits the High School for the Sciences in Jaljulya on February 8, 2018 in the wake of a school shooting the day before

Zoabi impeachment gains traction after High Court approval

To begin the impeachment process, 70 signatures are necessary, 10 of which must come from the opposition.

Haneen Zoabi Joint List MK during a Knesset discussion

Zandberg defends Meretz boycott of embassy opening

Meretz chairwoman Tamar Zandberg said she’d like to see Jerusalem divided into an Israeli capital and a Palestinian one, each with its own embassy.

MK Tamar Zandberg

MK Ayman Odeh: 'The prime minister should apologize' for soccer comment

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Arab-Israelis for jeering during a moment of silence to honor victims during a soccer match, Arab MKs call foul.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a conference in Tel Aviv on February 14

Senior Minister tells Arab List Leader: Don’t talk to me, Assad supporter

“I am with Syria against the American attack,” Hadash leader Ayman Odeh wrote on his Facebook.

People protest the recent air strikes in Syria in front of the defunct US consulate in Haifa

Zoabi calls for ‘mass struggle’ against Israel after Tamimi verdict

“Ahed Tamimi is not just one, she is a whole generation... We are not waiting for the criminal [Israel] to understand,” Zoabi said.

MK Haneen Zoabi at the High Court of Justice