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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?

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026|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.

AUGUST 28, 2026|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.

AUGUST 19, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

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.

AUGUST 3, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

Disgruntled Arab candidates search for new ‘political homes’

At this stage, it’s not clear whether the four parties comprising the Joint List – Hadash, United Arab List, Ta’al and Balad – would again run together in the next election.

JANUARY 14, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

MK MANSOUR ABBAS (middle front) and members of the Arab Joint List vote in December to dissolve the Knesset.

Joint List MK kicked out of c'tee after harsh comments towards UAE guests

"There is one party in our parliament that voted against the Abraham Accords. They refuse to acknowledge that it is a new Middle East."

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE

Emirati guests at a meeting of the Knesset Special Committee for the Israeli Citizens' Fund

Joint List MK Abbas would sit in Netanyahu-led gov't, feels used by Left

"I am not ruling it out depending on the circumstances and conditions," Abbas said about joining a Netanyahu-led government.

DECEMBER 19, 2020ByEVE YOUNG, SARI MAKOVER-BALIKOV/MAARIV

Joint List MK Mansour Abbas alongside Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020

Knesset dispersal bill advances with March 16 election date

Blue and White aims to pass the bill into law next week.

DECEMBER 9, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN

ALTERNATE PRIME MINISTER Benny Gantz keeps his distance from his nemesis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during Wednesday’s Knesset debate on ending the government’s tenure and calling a fourth general election in the space of a year and a half.

Joint List changes signal chance for unity in Israeli politics - opinion

The Arab Israeli electorate and the new generation are changing. The political campaign game should change with it.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByEMILY SCHRADER

JOINT LIST members gather at party headquarters in Shfaram during the Knesset elections in March.

Poll finds Israelis worried about Biden taking over from Trump

Survey finds Netanyahu’s approach to Abbas is appreciated.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN

US President Joe Biden gestures after disembarking from a plane upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 8, 2016

Joint List infighting threatens its future

Due in part to infighting in the Joint List, polls broadcast on Tuesday night predicted that it would fall from its current 15 seats to 11 or 12 in the next election.

NOVEMBER 26, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN