Communist Party of Israel — Hadash: Strengthen the Jewish-Arab partnership against fascism

The Democrats Chairman Yair Golan met this morning (Tuesday, November 3) with Joint List Chairman Yousef Jabareen and Ta’al Chairman Ahmad Tibi, before the meeting of the “change bloc” leaders of the Zionist opposition took place 

Following its conclusion, Golan met with “Yashar” Chairman Gadi Eisenkot, “Beyachad” Chairman Naftali Bennett, and “Yisrael Beytenu” Chairman Avigdor Lieberman. 

Israel: Netanyahu's far-right camp seeks to discredit Arab vote, communist-backed Joint List warns

The communist-backed Joint List has strongly condemned what it describes as an organized campaign by Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right Likud party to undermine the results of Israel's parliamentary elections by questioning the legitimacy of Arab voters and their political representation.

In a statement published on October 29 by Al-Ittihad, the alliance in which the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) play a central role, accused Netanyahu's coalition of refusing to accept the unprecedented electoral mobilization of Arab citizens.

 

Israel: Communist-backed Joint List hails electoral gains, calls for genuine political change

The Hadash-led Joint List, which includes the Communist Party of Israel (Maki), has welcomed its strong showing in Israel’s parliamentary elections held on Tuesday, October 27, describing the preliminary results as a significant achievement for the political representation of the Arab-Palestinian population in Israel.

According to partial results released on Wednesday, October 28, the Joint List was projected to secure approximately 11 seats in the 120-member Knesset, marking an important electoral advance. 

 

Israeli communists denounce attempts to ban Hadash and Arab parties from October elections

The Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and the communist-led Hadash have strongly condemned the decision of Israel’s Central Elections Committee to bar the Joint List and several of its candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections, describing it as an attack on basic democratic rights and political representation.

On September 23, the committee voted to disqualify the Joint List, comprising Hadash, Balad and Ta’al, from the October 27 Knesset elections. 

 

Netanyahu’s Likud moves to ban Communist-backed Joint List from October election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has announced that it will petition the Central Elections Committee to disqualify the Joint List, the electoral alliance backed by Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel (CPI), from running in the October 27 Knesset election.

According to the Al-Ittihad news portal, Likud said it would seek to bar both the Joint List and the Islamist Ra’am party on the grounds that they allegedly “support terrorism".