The Joint List הרשימה המשותפת

Led by Yousef Jabareen & Ahmad Tibi · 8 projected seats as of 15 October · running for Opposition leadership

Updated

An alliance of three Arab-led parties, revived on 19 August 2026: Hadash's Arab-Jewish communist tradition, Ahmad Tibi's Ta'al, and Balad's demand for a state of all its citizens. It runs on ending the occupation and equal citizenship. Ra'am, in the alliance until 2020, stands alone.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Each of the three parties, Hadash, Ta'al and Balad, picks its own candidates, and a reconciliation committee sets the combined order, alternating between them at the top. The slip runs under all three registrations, and the seat number comes from polls that price the three together.

Yousef JabareenYousef JabareenHadashHadash and Joint List chairman→Ahmad TibiAhmad TibiTa'alTa'al Chairman→Faten GhattasFaten GhattasHadashDirector of Arab-society work at the Israel Cancer Association→Bakr AwawdehBakr AwawdehBaladFormer Galilee Society director→Ofer CassifOfer CassifHadashHadash MK and political philosopher→Youssef AtaunaYoussef AtaunaHadashEducator and former Hadash MK→Maha Karkabi-SabahMaha Karkabi-SabahBaladSociologist, Ben-Gurion University→Ahmad DarawsheAhmad DarawsheTa'alDirector-general, Reineh local council→Nihaya WishahyNihaya WishahyHadashEducation lecturer, Oranim College→Hassan NasasraHassan NasasraBaladEducator and Rahat councillor→
Show 20 more namesHaitham ZahalkaHaitham ZahalkaTa'alDeputy mayor of Kafr Qara and lawyer→Iyas NatourIyas NatourHadashFilm and television producer→Ghassan AbdallahGhassan AbdallahTa'alCommentator and Ta’al political bureau member→Orly NoyOrly NoyBaladJournalist and Persian translator→Mor Shoshan StollerHadashLabour lawyer and trade-union representative→Itimad KaadanTa'alSchool administrator→Omar WakedHadashFormer Arraba mayor and headteacher→Muayad MiariBaladLawyer→Ahmad Ghanem GhazawiHadashLawyer and Qalansawe councillor→Umniya ZoabiBaladBalad organiser→Nasr SanaallahHadashLawyer and former Deir al-Asad council head→Sari KhouriyaHadashLawyer→Laith KabhaTa'alBusinessman and Ta’al organiser→Walid KaadanBaladPaediatrician→Noa LeviHadashLawyer and Hadash deputy chair→Ammar TahaBaladLawyer and Balad organiser→Yunis Abu GraraTa'alCandidate→Reem HazzanHadashInterpreter and Communist Party organiser→Wafi Abu AhmadTa'alCandidate→Osama SaadiOsama SaadiTa'alLawyer and former MK→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. Pollsters measure these parties as one list, projected at 8 seats for all of them together, so roughly the top 8 names get in. The tag beside each name says which party it belongs to.

Where they stand

One list and its factions. Each faction's stated positions are set out below. On the issue pages the list's marker follows the positions of Hadash, and each other faction's own positions appear as a smaller marker; on the compare page each faction has an entry of its own.

Hadash חד״שled by Yousef Jabareen

Judea & SamariaFull withdrawal, two states↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecuritySecurity through peace agreements, not military force↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentCivil service for all communities
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryThe court as rights guarantor
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomySocialist economics↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationRuns on worker rights and Arab equality, not who controls schools↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateFull separation of religion and state
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipA state of all its citizens, repeal the Nation-State Law↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state

Ta'al תע״לled by Ahmad Tibi

Judea & SamariaTwo states, capital in East Jerusalem↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityNo stated line of its own on Gaza
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentNo stated position in the draft fight
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryFought the judicial overhaul↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyAffirmative-action budgets for Arab society↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationRuns on Arab-sector equality, not school governance
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateSecular party; community-run Islamic waqf↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipFull equality; Arabs as a national minority↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state

Balad בל״דled by Sami Abu Shehadeh

Judea & SamariaFull withdrawal, two states
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityUphold the ceasefire fully, end the blockade
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentRejects conscription and civil service alike
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryRights protection for minorities
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyAnti-privatization, progressive taxation
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants Arab education self-run by the community, not the state
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateComplete separation of religion and state
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipA state of all its citizens, not a Jewish state
Equal citizenshipJewish national state