Who they are
Ahmad Darawshe is a lawyer and director-general of Reineh local council. He lives in Reineh.
He was working as Ahmad Tibi’s parliamentary adviser by 2016. He later became the council’s director-general, a post he held by 2025. He sits on Ta’al’s central committee.
Positions and record
Parliamentary priorities: In August 2026, named students, young people, Arab local authorities and legislative work as his parliamentary priorities.
Government: In August 2026, backed higher Arab voter turnout and preventing the current government’s return, leaving subsequent political arrangements to the election results.
Where they stand
Holds the Ta'al line on every issue.
Judea & SamariaTa'al lineEnd the occupation: a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, talks with the PLO, and a just solution for refugees under Resolution 194.
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityTa'al lineMake the end of the war permanent, lift the siege and end military control of Gaza, with aid, rebuilding, the return of the displaced and UNRWA back at work.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentTa'al lineOpposes drafting Haredim or anyone else and would sanction no one who does not enlist; rejects military and civil service schemes for Arab youth.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
EconomyTa'al lineA minimum wage of at least 70% of the average wage, progressive tax, price controls on basics, and no privatisation of health, education, housing or welfare.
Social spendingFree market
EducationTa'al lineArab schools run themselves, setting their own curriculum and administration, on budgets equal to Jewish schools' and with no privatisation.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateTa'al lineSeparation of religion and state, with freedom of conscience and belief, written into a constitution of equal citizenship.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipTa'al lineEqual citizenship in a constitution, recognition of Arab citizens as an indigenous national group, and repeal of the Nation-State Law.
Equal citizenshipJewish national state