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Israel Election 2026: What do Yousef Jabareen’s Joint Arab List and Mansour Abbas’ Ra’am stand for?

If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?

|BySHIR PERETS
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.
MK Yuli Edelstein speaks during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on January 13, 2026.

Gilad Erdan confirms talks with Benny Gantz on possible election alliance

Gantz also criticized calls to form another narrow coalition without the traditional right, arguing that both a narrow “change” government and a fully right-wing government had failed.

|ByYEHUDA SHLEZINGER, 103FM
Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Hadash-Ta’al, Balad sign deal to re-establish Joint List weeks ahead of Israel's election

The agreement is pending final approval by the three parties, with an official announcement expected in the coming days after negotiations over the framework appeared to reach a breakthrough.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Joint List to soon launch without Ra'am, deal in final stages, Hadash-Ta'al leader tells 'Post'

Hadash, Ta'al and Balad are preparing to officially revive the Joint List this week after months of negotiations, with Ra'am remaining outside the alliance for now.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Hadash-Ta'al head Ayman Odeh to leave Israeli politics

"Thank you all from the bottom of my heart," he wrote on Facebook. "I have decided not to run for the next term of the Knesset."

MAY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.

Countdown to elections: Here's what could still happen - analysis

With two weeks left until Israel heads to the polls once more, there are still several factors that could dramatically shift the outcome of the November 1 elections.

OCTOBER 17, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Workers prepare ballot boxes for the upcoming Israeli elections, at the central elections committee warehouse in Shoham, before they are shipped to polling stations, October 12, 2022.

Mansour Abbas: Netanyahu is history, does not have Ra'am's support

The Ra'am party leader criticized Netanyahu sharply, saying he was at fault for the rising crime in Arab society as he failed to address it while Prime Minister.

OCTOBER 1, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF
MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.

Israel Elections: 3 stories that define the path to the finish line

INSIDE POLITICS: These are the three key stories that will define and design the path to the finish line and are worth following in the weeks ahead.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022ByTAL SHALEV
INTERIOR MINISTER Ayelet Shaked speaks to students from the Blich school in Ramat Gan last week.

Billboards show Arab MKs Ahmad Tibi, Ayman Odeh wrapped in Israeli flags

The signs, posted by the right-wing Israel Victory Project ahead of the upcoming Israel elections, bore the caption “This is how a picture of victory will look.”

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A billboard depicting MK Ahmad Tibi wrapped in an Israeli flag with the caption “This is how a picture of victory will look.”

National Unity will not collaborate with Hadash-Ta'al - Gideon Sa'ar

On top of Sa'ar's ideological stance, National Unity also has a political incentive to block Hadash-Ta'al, as it means that Lapid will have very low chances of forming a government.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar heading to cabinet meeting, June 26, 2022.

Why the splitting of the Joint List is so important to Netanyahu - opinion

A stable government is unlikely to emerge in the foreseeable future and a sixth round of elections cannot be ruled out.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to tesitfy before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2022

What are the political ramifications of the Joint List split?

The ripple effects of the move may push one of the blocs over the 61-seat threshold, but it is not clear yet which one it benefits.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
JOINT LIST leader MK Ayman Odeh stands and shouts his objections during a debate in the Knesset, as Ra’am leader MK Mansour Abbas sits to the left.

Israel Elections: Decisions to be made before parties give their lists

Questions involving a number of Israeli political parties will need to be decided until Thursday's deadline, and could lead to last-minute drama.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A voter in Jerusalem in the last Knesset election on April 9

Israel elections: Joint List to run again, will not sit in 'racist occupation government'

Chairman MK Aymen Odeh did not close the door on the possibility of endorsing Yair Lapid or Benny Gantz to form the next government.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022