Publications In The Media

By: Amin Zaher I listened very attentively to MK Ayman Odeh in an interview that aired this afternoon on Channel 2. Unfortunately, his explanations and interpretation did not convince me because he did not touch on the cause and root cause that brought the violence upon us. It is important to me that the MKs deal with legislation and they - in my humble opinion - should be knowledgeable about legislation and especially the budget law. I do not remember in my lifetime, and I a

By Dr. Warda Sada Introduction In recent years, public awareness of the phenomenon of violence and organized crime in Arab society in Israel has increased. This is a serious social challenge with wide-ranging implications for personal security, community cohesion, the local economy, and public trust in state institutions. This article seeks to present an informative and cautious snapshot, based on journalistic publications, police reports, and research analyses. Important met

By Amin Zaher By chance, I came across a new political party that I had not known about before, which was registered about three years ago.The party’s name is “All Its Citizens” , a name that, in my understanding, carries a strong, sharp, and clear message to both the Arab and Jewish peoples. The phrase “All Its Citizens” took me back to my time as Assistant Minister of Construction and Housing in 1996, and to the Ka’adan family’s petition to the High Court of Justice (HCJ) 6

By Dr. Bashir Karkabi On Friday, January 23, 2026, an advertisement was published in Haaretz  calling for the establishment of a Jewish–Arab party. Hundreds of Jews and Arabs signed the ad, including the writer of these lines. Within hours of its publication, criticism of the ad’s content began to be heard, some of it angry. Before addressing these criticisms, I will try to present the rationale underlying this initiative. The Joint List Can Lead a Proper Educational Vision i

By: Mohammad yehia כאשר הקושי מתגבר – תבוא הישועה, בעזרת ה'. הייתה נוכחות בולטת והשתתפות רחבה מכל גווני החברה, ערבים ויהודים כאחד, מתוך סולידריות ומחויבות למאבק הזה. אין ספק שהוא חייב להימשך בנחישות, עד שיתורגם בשטח לשינוי מהותי, או לפחות לקול חזק בקלפיות בבחירות הקרובות. אם זכויות נלקחות בכוח, הרי שחיי אדם וכבודו, ביטחונו וביטחון קהילה שלמה – יושגו רק במאמץ ובהתמדה, עד להחלפת הממשלה, ולאחר מכן גם לשינוי מדיניותה של הממשלה הבאה. הנוכחות הבולטת של שותפים מהחברה היהודית בהפגנה

By: Tamim Abu Khait About 100,000 demonstrators took part in the “Great Black Flags” march against violence and crime in the city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, arriving from all parts of the country. The protest clearly featured the participation of Arab women, Arab youth, and progressive Jewish forces supporting the struggle of Arab society, to the extent that it can be said the demonstration was, in fact, an Arab-Jewish protest. The march in Tel Aviv began at the cultura

By: Jihan Haidar Hasan he female voice can have a profound impact on movements of protest and change. One of the most prominent examples in modern history is Rosa Parks, a courageous African American woman who broke norms that allowed injustice to thrive. Moreover, deep change does not occur without women, because global research and experience have shown that community-change processes led by women tend to last longer, whereas solutions based solely on enforcement eventuall

By: Attorney Hanan Al-Sanea We were moved this week by the image of the signing ceremony of a joint list of all the Arab parties. Indeed, it contained a great deal of hope – the recognition of rampant crime as an existential threat that requires political responsibility and unity of forces. Yet alongside this hope, a strong sense of disappointment also arose, due to the complete absence of women from the event. And this is a recurring pattern – the Peace Council, the Peace C

By: Jihan Haider Hasan In December 2025, the Ministry of Finance published the economic plan for 2026, which includes, among other things, the reinstatement of a property tax that was abolished 25 years ago. This is a tax on land that was not used for construction - one of the most significant steps in the new economic plan that is expected to affect land The new law states that, according to the 2026 economic plan, a property tax of 1.5% will be imposed on vacant land, inclu

By: Jihan Haider Hasan Recently, an idea has resurfaced—one that comes up from time to time both worldwide and in Israel—to lower the voting age from 18 to 17. The idea touches on questions of democracy, citizenship, education, and practical politics. Among other things, it aims to expand democratic participation by allowing young people to take part in decisions that affect their lives on issues such as education, cost of living, security, climate, and public transportation.

By: Tamim Abu Khait The current situation: After the pressure exerted by Arab society following the worsening crime crisis, and after the impact of the Gaza war on Arab society—emotionally, politically, and in everyday life, through policing practices and the relative deterioration of relations with Jewish society—the components of the Joint List held two official meetings, in addition to a series of bilateral meetings and consultations, to discuss the possibility of re-esta

By: Dr. Warda Sada After a conversation with a highly professional sports coach, I found myself rethinking the relationship between education, civic behavior, and democracy. This person treats all club members with great respect—without discrimination based on religious affiliation, nationality, or gender. His daily conduct is characterized by fairness, attentiveness, and equal respect. I was therefore surprised by his right-wing political views, which I often perceive as ext

By: Mohammad yahya בפסק הזמן בין מלחמות קצרות וארוכות מנסה ראש הממשלה למצוא תמונת ניצחון כנדוניה ליום הבחירות,In the pause between short and long wars, the prime minister is trying to find a “victory image” to present as a gift for election day—at any price, even at the cost of precious human lives. This is the reality. Between a visit to Trump and a tour of Tarabin al-Sana, amid a routine of war and crime in Arab society. Everything is permissible, everything is for sale. T

By: Warda Sada This popular proverb sums up a simple and frightening truth: whoever possesses power and finds no one to restrain them will continue their actions without limits, leaving behind immeasurable destruction. When I think about U.S. foreign policy, this truth appears before me without disguise. Iraq, for me, is not merely a country on the map, but an experience I lived through and followed closely. I was shocked by what happened to it, but I know Iraq was not the be

By: Dr. Warda Sada It is impossible to understand what Venezuela is experiencing today—or the way Nicolás Maduro is portrayed in Western discourse—outside the broader context of global politics built on double standards. The issue is not Maduro as an individual, nor merely the nature of his regime, but the international system itself: how it defines legitimacy, who holds the right to punish, and who is exempt from accountability. Nicolás Maduro is not a liberal democratic mod

By: Jihan Haider Hasan The Arab sector in Israel suffers from many problems, including poverty, violence, and housing shortages. Given the fact that there are ten Knesset members from parties representing Arabs in the Knesset—slightly less than 10%—alongside respectable representation of the Arab sector in local councils in every Arab and mixed city, it would have been expected that Arabs would have a clear address for addressing these problems, and that their elected offici

By: Dr. Warda Sada There are moments when the most urgent question is not what is happening around us, but what is happening within us. It is not the events themselves that are most unsettling, but rather the widening gap between what is unfolding in the human sphere and the way we perceive it, process it, or repress it. The human condition in which we live is not only the condition of others. It is our own psychological, social, and moral condition. It concerns how people le

By: Mohamad Yahia The state is approaching its eightieth year, yet the melting pot has not forged a unified Israeli identity. The process of refinement has not worked either. Three generations. Two peoples. One state—unequal and discriminatory treatment. Between a partial democracy in retreat and the struggle against a regime coup, let the “lesser good” now realize its power.Arab society—more than two million native-born citizens—and their partners within Jewish society are

By: Dr. Warda Sada In Israel, people like to talk about a “crisis of motivation for conscription,” but they avoid acknowledging the simple truth: this is not a crisis of young people—it is a crisis of the state. Young women and men are not refraining from enlistment because they are indifferent or spoiled, but because they live in a society that asks them to sacrifice everything while struggling to guarantee basic equality, responsibility, and transparency. Over the years, co

By: Tamim Abu Khait Mohammad Bakri—the artist, actor, director, and politician—passed away yesterday in the village of Bi‘ina in the Galilee, after heart disease overcame him, even though the official Israeli machinery of repression and discrimination never succeeded in breaking him. Those who wanted his art not to convey the painful and bitter truth pursued him, and pursued one of his films for nearly twenty years until it was banned—blatantly trampling the principles of dem