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Ayman Odeh is right: Why should Palestinians serve in the occupier’s police?
Despite Israeli outrage, it is legitimate for the Joint List leader to ask his people not to be part of an apparatus that brutally oppresses other Palestinians.
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Orly Noy
April 13, 2022
Bennett’s coalition crisis puts Palestinian parties in a dilemma
Facing disgruntled voters and the threat of Netanyahu's return, the Joint List appears conflicted about whether to provide a lifeline to the government.
By
Wadea Awawdy
April 11, 2022
Ayman Odeh still wants to be Israel’s first Palestinian prime minister
In his first interview following the new government's formation, the Joint List head talks Ra’am’s decision to join the coalition, his steadfast support for two states, and why he thinks he can lead Israel's democratic camp to victory.
By
Meron Rapoport
July 5, 2021
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How an Islamist became Israel’s unlikely political kingmaker
The fall of the Joint List and rise of Ra'am's Mansour Abbas show that Israeli politics can no longer ignore Palestinian citizens — even if it may end up boosting the right.
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Edo Konrad
March 24, 2021
Netanyahu’s authoritarian rule is turning Israelis against the state
The 'anyone but Bibi' slogan has clear limitations, but when Netanyahu and the Israeli regime have become one and the same, a new civil struggle has begun.
By
Meron Rapoport
July 23, 2020
New evidence reveals Bedouin citizen was left to die after police shooting
High Court petition shows Israeli police did nothing to save Yacoub Abu al-Qi'an's life or to quell accusations that he was a 'terrorist' during a 2017 demolition raid.
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Oren Ziv
February 23, 2020
Police botched investigation into shooting of Arab MK, report finds
Human rights group demands Israel Police reopen its case into the 2017 shooting of Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet after finding the initial investigation was ‘negligent.’ The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel is appealing Israel Police’s investigation of its officers’ conduct during a home demolition in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm…
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Oren Ziv
October 25, 2019
The biggest loser in this election: Liberal Zionism
Israelis consistently vote against the idea of a Jewish and democratic Israel alongside a Palestinian state. It is now impossible to see how that could ever be realized. On Sunday Ayman Odeh, the chairman of the Joint List, met with President Reuven Rivlin to announce his party’s noteworthy decision to endorse Benny Gantz, chairman of…
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Mairav Zonszein
September 26, 2019
Voting Netanyahu out is not going to ‘save’ Israel-Palestine
Israeli citizens are about to vote in national elections for the second time in six months. But has anything changed since April? Why is no one talking about the occupation? And are we really about to see the end of the Netanyahu era? +972 writers talk about why these elections matter. Israeli voters will head to the…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
September 15, 2019
Arabs in Israel want to join the government. You’ll never guess who’s stopping them
Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh said he would be willing to consider joining a center-left coalition, prompting a response from Israel’s centrist party that reveals the true face of those who hope to replace Netanyahu. I do not know whether Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh is a diligent paramedic or a doctor preparing for the long-term treatment of a 72-year-old patient suffering from…
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Samah Salaime
August 25, 2019
New evidence backs Arab MK’s claims that police shot him
An investigation by a London-based research center shows MK Ayman Odeh was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet during clashes in Umm al-Hiran in 2017. Police repeatedly claimed he was hit by a stone thrown by one of the protesters. New evidence suggests Israeli police shot Palestinian Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet during…
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Oren Ziv
June 5, 2019
Ahmad Tibi has a plan to unseat Netanyahu, but it means leaving his Palestinian partners
Ahmad Tibi’s recent announcement that he would split from the Joint List has rattled Palestinian citizens. In an interview, he speaks about the successes and failures of the list, why his party would be better off alone, and why he may join forces with Israel’s centrist leaders. By Meron Rapoport Four years after it was established, the Joint List, which succeeded in…
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+972 Magazine
January 22, 2019
State closes case on officers who killed Bedouin man in Umm al-Hiran
State attorney rules the police who shot and killed Yacob al-Qi’an in January 2017 did not commit a crime, says no conclusive evidence incident was a terror attack. By +972 Magazine Staff Israel’s State Attorney Shai Nitzan ruled Tuesday that the police officers who shot to death Yaqub Musa Abu al-Qi’an in the unrecognized Bedouin…
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May 1, 2018
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