From war to a just peaceEnd the war in Gaza for good, lift the siege and end military control there, and end the occupation: a sovereign Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, reached through talks with the PLO.
A state plan against crimeA binding government programme to dismantle crime organisations, collect illegal weapons and cut off their money, protection for threatened witnesses and officials, and prevention, schooling and jobs to keep young people out of gangs.
Full and equal citizenshipRecognition of Arab citizens as an indigenous national group, a constitution of equal citizenship that separates religion and state, and repeal of the Nation-State, Kaminitz, Nakba and NGO laws and the limits on family reunification.
Land, homes and the NegevStop home demolitions, legalise existing homes and widen Arab towns' boundaries and master plans; recognise the unrecognised Negev villages and connect them to water and power; and let internally displaced Arabs return to their villages.
Self-run Arab educationPedagogical and administrative self-management for Arab schools, teaching Palestinian history and the Arabic language on equal budgets, with free public day care from birth, an end to parents' fees and a state-funded Arab university.
Wages, prices and welfareA minimum wage of at least 70% of the average wage and shorter hours at the same pay, price controls on food, medicine and power, progressive tax, higher allowances, no privatisation of public services, and money moved from war to welfare.
1977Hadash founded around the Communist Party.
2015Odeh leads the united Joint List to 13 seats.
2022The Joint List splits; runs with Ta'al.
2025Odeh tells a Haifa rally Gaza has won and Gaza will win; a Knesset motion to expel him falls short of 90 votes.
2026Ayman Odeh steps down; on 16 May Jabareen beats Shukri Awawdeh for the Hadash chairmanship.
2026On 10 June Hadash, Ta'al and Balad agree to run as one Joint List, and say they would take Ra'am too.
2026In August Hadash presents its own six-name slate at a Nazareth event, with no Joint List yet signed.
2026On 19 August Hadash, Ta'al and Balad sign the Joint List agreement; Ta'al approves its own six names the same day.
2026On 11 September it signs a surplus-vote agreement with Ra'am: if both lists clear the threshold, their leftover votes count together for the last seats. The two also agree to a clean campaign without smears.
2026On 23 September the Central Elections Committee votes to disqualify the list; on 2 October the Supreme Court unanimously overturns the decision.
2026On 1 October Sami Abu Shehadeh, Balad's chairman and third on the list, withdraws his candidacy after the Supreme Court's president tells him a majority of the justices is leaning towards disqualifying him. He remains Balad's leader.