Ayman Odeh

Former Joint List leader Ayman Odeh suspected of receiving foreign funds in Shin Bet election probe

Odeh subsequently released a statement arguing that the investigation was politically motivated.

|ByKESHET NEEV, SARAH BEN-NUN
MK Ayman Odeh attends a special plenary session at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 9, 2026.
Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Joint List to soon launch without Ra'am, deal in final stages, Hadash-Ta'al leader tells 'Post'

Hadash, Ta'al and Balad are preparing to officially revive the Joint List this week after months of negotiations, with Ra'am remaining outside the alliance for now.

|ByKESHET NEEV
MK GALIT Distel Atbaryan leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026.

'Terrorist' vs 'Judeo-Nazi': MKs trade barbs over bill barring Red Cross from Israeli prisons

The bill was drafted by Galit Distel Atbaryan, Keti Shitrit, and a group of additional lawmakers. Thirty-six MKs voted in favor of the bill, while 41 opposed it, and it was removed from the agenda.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Jews and Palestinians protest against a law passed by the Knesset imposing the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians in the West Bank in Beit Jala, on April 3, 2026.

Arab lawmakers seek to join High Court petition against death penalty law

According to the request, the applicants asked to join after the petition was filed, citing their public interest in the law and involvement in the parliamentary and public debate around it.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Odeh should retract his outrageous comments - editorial

MK Ayman Odeh issued comments telling Arabs in security forces to lay down their weapons and Jews to refuse to serve in the West Bank.

APRIL 12, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Joint list leader MK Ayman Odeh speeks during a discussion on the "Kafr Kassem massacre," during a plenum session in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2021.

Grapevine April 13, 2022: Not part of the blame game

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

APRIL 12, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Druze spiritual leader Mowafaq Tarif.

House Committee to discuss removal of Ayman Odeh from Knesset

Despite probes, legal experts believe the Joint List head cannot be charged for incitement for his call for Arab-Israeli officers to disobey orders.

APRIL 12, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
Hadash party leader Ayman Odeh at the Knesset, 2019.

Ayman Odeh is toxic against Israeli-Arab unity - analysis

Religious Zionist MK Itamar Ben-Gvir has been rightly accused since the onset of this most recent wave of violence of “dancing on the blood”  of the victims. Ayman Odeh is doing the same thing.

APRIL 11, 2022ByHERB KEINON
Joint list leader MK Ayman Odeh speeks during a discussion on the "Kafr Kassem massacre," during a plenum session in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2021.

Police probing MK Odeh's call for Arab police officers to disobey orders

The chairman of the Joint List published a video in which he told all new Arab-Israeli police recruits to lay down their arms.

APRIL 11, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List – he holds a key to the castle, one that only Benny Gantz could use

Arab MK caught photographing documents in Knesset plenum

Odeh was caught on camera photographing something lying on the table of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. He was later revealed to have photographed a book.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Joint List leader Ayman Odeh addresses the Knesset: Odeh has suggested, for the first time, that Israeli Arabs would be willing to join a government coalition

Opposition score rare victory in Knesset plenum

A motion calling for the establishment of a parliamentary committee to investigate the country’s placement of Arab teachers in the education system passed on the Knesset floor, 47-46.

OCTOBER 20, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, AARON REICH, ELIAV BREUER
Ministers in the Knesset plenum on October 4, 2021.

Shaked opposes bill preventing Netanyahu from forming Israeli gov't

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh vowed to support the bill and ensure it passes.

OCTOBER 20, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Ben-Gvir, Odeh physically clash near Hamas terrorist on hunger strike

The Hamas terrorist, Moked al-Qawasmi, is currently on the 91st day of his hunger strike, done in protest of his detention.

OCTOBER 19, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Itamar Ben-Gvir head of the Otzma Yehudit (“Jewish Power”) Party attends preparations for the new Knesset on April 5.

Gov't unanimously approves 85% reduction of carbon emissions by 2050

"We set significant goals, we met our international commitment on time, and most importantly, we mobilized the entire government," Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) said.

JULY 25, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg speaking at an event celebrating the Queen's birthday.