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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


MK Saadi resigns in Joint List rotation agreement

The Joint List debated whether or not to respect the rotation agreement.

MK Osama Saadi resigns as member of Knesset

Israeli proposal to make legal judgments from the Bible stirs controversy

Knesset Constitution Committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky's proposal calls for courts to draw on “principles of Hebrew law” in instances that are not covered by existing law.

sraeli lawmakers attend a vote on a bill at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 6, 2017

Justice or caution? The pros and cons of Knesset members on the Temple Mount

Freedom of religion is perhaps the most compelling individual rights-based argument for allowing MKs back on the Mount. Then, there's security.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.

Joint List MK resigns as part of rotation agreement

Former Balad MK Bassel Ghattas’ resignation as part of a plea deal complicated the rotation agreement.

President Reuven Rivlin meets with a delegation from the Joint (Arab) List at his residence March 22

Bennett to Arab MKs: Pick a side, good or evil

Bennett accused them of spreading an “antisemitic blood libel against Israel.”

Naftali Bennett

Arab-Israeli lawmaker warns of third intifada after Friday attack

Ayman Odeh leaders criticize closure of Aksa Mosque after two policemen are shot dead.

HADASH MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List, speaks at the Knesset in this file photo.

PA'S Abbas, Arab MKs welcome Gabbay's Labor leadership win

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay stressed both security and readiness to negotiate with the Palestinians in his leadership election campaign.

Avi Gabbay, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labor party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv

Ghattas accuses Joint List head Odeh of being a Zionist 'agent'

Ex-MK Basel Ghattas tears into Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh just before entering prison for smuggling.

MK Basel Ghattas

Arab leaders ask Rivlin for better crime-fighting

The meeting took place at the annual iftar dinner hosted by President Reuven Rivlin on Monday.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN addresses the Holocaust Remembrance Day opening ceremony at Yad Vashem on Sunday

Law, order and the conflict

Presently, Arab citizens are under the impression that homicide victims are not treated equally in the State of Israel. Jewish and Arab blood must be valued identically.

Cars set on fire in a riot in Kafr Kasim.