Bennett-Lapid government

Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, as Rivlin begins consulting political leaders to decide who to task with trying to form a new government, September 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Joint List is dead. Who will lead the fight for Palestinian citizens?

The re-fragmentation of Palestinian parties in Israel exemplifies the lack of a political compass to guide their struggle, with the public divided on how to confront both a far-right government and a broken liberation movement.

By Amjad Iraqi November 7, 2022

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas and party members at the party headquarters in Tamra, on election night, March 23, 2021. (Flash90)

Disillusioned with Ra’am, a new party wants Bedouins to have their own voice

The Islamist Ra'am has long had strong support in the Naqab. But after the party's failures in government, Bedouin citizens are demanding a change.

By Baker Zoubi August 17, 2022

A view of Israel's Separation Wall and the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, February 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

No, Israel’s apartheid doesn’t stop at the Green Line

The fall of the Bennett government illustrates that maintaining Jewish supremacy overrides all other considerations in Israeli politics.

By Orly Noy June 27, 2022

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and head of the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu at a debate in the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

How Netanyahu and apartheid brought down Israel’s government

The Knesset's failure to re-authorize separate West Bank legal systems was the final straw, but Bibi remains the omnipresent issue driving Israeli politics.

By Haggai Matar June 21, 2022

An Israeli soldier points his weapon at a Palestinian man during a protest in Hebron, occupied West Bank, April 22, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

‘Same agenda, just more subtle’: Bennett-Lapid government’s first year in numbers

New figures show surge in killings of West Bank Palestinians and no drop in demolitions during the first 12 months of the ‘government of change.’

By Oren Ziv June 19, 2022

Minister of Health and head of the left wing Meretz party Nitzan Horowitz leads a Meretz faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Meretz abandons its last core value

The Israeli left argued that ousting Netanyahu would open the space to fight the occupation. A vote on an apartheid law shows the opposite has happened.

By Meron Rapoport June 14, 2022

Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, leads a faction meeting in the Knesset, October 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Mansour Abbas won’t bring down the Israeli government — for his own sake

The Ra'am leader froze his party's membership in the gov't following the violent crackdown at Al-Aqsa. Here's why quitting isn't an option.

By Samah Salaime April 19, 2022

MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List, and MK Ahmad Tibi attend a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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

Palestinians protest against an Israeli judge's approval of 'quiet' Jewish prayer, at the Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem's Old City, October 8, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Bibi and Trump scorched Jerusalem. Will Bennett and Lapid burn what’s left?

Despite the end of the Trump-Netanyahu era, Israel's new government has not reversed its predecessor's dangerous policies in Jerusalem. Quite the contrary.

By Daniel Seidemann November 17, 2021

(L to R): The directors of five Palestinian rights groups declared 'terrorist organizations' by Israel: Shawan Jabarin of Al-Haq, Ubai Al-Aboudi of Bisan Center, Fuad Abu Saif of UAWC, Sahar Francis of Addameer, and Khaled Quzmar of DCI-Palestine, in Ramalah, West Bank. Oct. 28, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

The real terror of Palestinian civil society

Israel’s brazen assault on Palestinian NGOs exposes the true goal of its ‘shrinking the conflict' doctrine: to eliminate opposition to apartheid.

By Amjad Iraqi October 28, 2021

Mossi Raz speaks at a Meretz central committee meeting, Tel Aviv, July 28, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

What keeps this Israeli leftist in a pro-occupation government?

MK Mossi Raz opens up about being part of a coalition that is 'moving to the right' on the occupation, and whether his Meretz party truly promotes Jewish-Arab partnership.

By Yoad Winter-Segev October 4, 2021

Palestinian citizens of Israel take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Haifa, Israel, May 22, 2017. (Maria Zreik/Activestills.org)

Why Israel is suddenly interested in its Palestinian citizens

Decades of discrimination have created profound gaps between Palestinian and Jewish citizens. Yet many Palestinians say they now see potential for advancing their interests.

By Samah Salaime September 20, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a press conference in Jerusalem, July 6, 2021. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

The Israeli right tried to manage the conflict. Bennett wants to ‘shrink’ it

The Bennett-Lapid coalition has no clear vision of what to do with the Palestinians — so it's trying a different strategy.

By Meron Rapoport August 12, 2021