Who they are
Ghassan Abdallah is a commentator and member of Ta’al’s political bureau. He lives in Muqeibla.
He coordinated Ta’al’s work in the Jezreel Valley and sat on its political bureau by 2016. He headed its student scholarship department in 2018, when it awarded grants for study in Jordan.
Positions and record
Electoral cooperation: In January 2019, supported a broad Arab electoral alliance and preserving the Joint List, putting shared representation ahead of narrow party interests.
Parliamentary influence: In a statement reported in September 2022, supported working inside the Knesset to influence decisions while maintaining Palestinian national principles.
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