Arab-Majority Parties

These parties represent Israel’s Arab citizens (roughly 20% of the population). None currently sit in the outgoing coalition, and most Jewish parties — across both the Netanyahu and “change” blocs — have ruled out governing with them, which is why they’re presented as their own bloc here rather than folded into “left” or “right.” (The 2021–2022 Bennett-Lapid government was the exception, formally including Ra’am.)

The Joint List question

Hebrew: הרשימה המשותפת (HaReshima HaMeshutefet)

In January 2026 all four Arab-aligned parties signed a commitment to revive a unified Joint List, as they had in 2015 and 2020, partly as insurance against any one party falling below the 3.25% threshold running alone. Talks repeatedly broke down — chiefly over Ra’am’s insistence on a purely “technical” bloc (i.e., shared for vote-counting purposes only) that would preserve its freedom to join a future government independently.

• May 24, 2026: Hadash, Ta’al, and Balad announced a three-party slate without Ra’am.
• Early August 2026: that slate hit its own snag when Ta’al’s Ahmad Tibi rejected the committee-proposed candidate order.
• Current expectation: Ra’am will run alone in 2026.

Polling suggests the Arab parties would collectively win more total seats running together than running apart, due to the mechanics of the threshold and vote pooling — a recurring dynamic in every election since 2015.

Tap a party below for its full profile.

Bloc-wide 2026 polling: roughly 10 seats combined (Hadash-Ta’al ~5, Ra’am ~5). These parties hold the mathematical balance of power in most seat projections but are excluded from most coalition-formation scenarios discussed by Jewish parties across both other blocs — see Coalition Map.