Ta'al
Ta'al תע״ל • الحركة العربية للتغيير | ||
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Arabic name الحركة العربية للتغيير | | |
Leader | Ahmad Tibi | |
Ideology | ||
Political position | Big tent[13][14][15] | |
National affiliation | Balad (1999) United Arab List (2006–2013) Joint List (2015–2019; 2019–2021; 2021–2022) | |
Knesset | 1 / 120 | |
Most MKs | 3 (2020) | |
Election symbol | ||
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Website | ||
a-m-c.org (Archived) | ||
The Arab Movement for Renewal, commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Ta'al,[a] is an Arab nationalist political party in Israel led by Ahmad Tibi.
History
Ta'al was founded by Tibi in the mid-1990s. It ran in the
The party was part of the Joint List in the 2015 election, before it withdrew in January 2019,[18] though it decided to rejoin the alliance for the September 2019 election[19] and ran as part of it in the 2020 election as well.[20] It left the alliance again on 28 January 2021,[21] until it rejoined once again on 3 February.[22]
Ideology
Ta'al supports an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 green lines and a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state established alongside Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Ta'al has been often described as
The party is described as (Arab) nationalist[24][25] but more moderate compared to Balad.[28]
Election results
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
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1996
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Ahmad Tibi | 2,087 | 0.07 (#19) | 0 / 120
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Extraparliamentary | |
1999
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Part of Balad | 1 / 120
|
1 | Opposition | ||
2003 | With Hadash [b] | 1 / 120
|
Opposition | |||
2006 | With Ra'am | 1 / 120
|
Opposition | |||
2009 | 1 / 120
|
Opposition | ||||
2013 | 1 / 120
|
Opposition | ||||
2015 | Part of the Joint List | 1 / 120
|
Opposition | |||
Apr 2019 | With Hadash[b] | 2 / 120
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1 | Snap election | ||
Sep 2019 | Part of the Joint List | 2 / 120
|
Snap election | |||
2020 | 3 / 120
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1 | Opposition | |||
2021 | 2 / 120
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1 | Opposition | |||
2022 | With Hadash[b] | 1 / 120
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1 | Opposition |
Notes
- Arabic: الحركة العربية للتغيير, lit.'Arab Movement for Change')
- ^ Hadash-Ta'al
References
- ^ "Arab parties rally for votes in Israeli election". The Guardian. 26 October 2022.
Arab nationalist party Ta'al
- ^ "The political odyssey of Ayman Odeh". Fathom Journal.
Ahmad Tibi's Arab nationalist Ta'al party
- ^ "Knesset Elections 2021: A Guide to Israel's Political Parties". Israel Policy Forum. 10 March 2021.
Ta'al, a secular Arab nationalist party
- ^ "Arab Politics in Israel: A Balance Sheet of Five Knesset Elections (2019–2022) and the Challenges of the Future". Israel Democracy Institute. 25 December 2022.
moderate Arab nationalism (Ta'al)
- ^ "Israel Political Parties: Arab Movement for Renewal (Ta'al)". Jewish Virtual Library.
Ta'al's philosophy centers around the desire to see Israel's Arabs recognized as a national minority with equal civil rights
- ^ "New Palestinian Political Party in Israel". Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.
Ta'al with secularist and anti-Zionist tendencies
- ^ "'Bibi or Tibi' is about Zionism, not racism". Israel Hayom. 3 December 2019.
The four Arab parties vary in character with Tibi's and its rival Balad being secular anti-Zionists
- ^ "Israeli Elections 2022: A Rundown of Israeli Parties and Their Leaders". Israel Today. 18 October 2022.
Ta'al is more right-wing economically. Both are anti-Zionist and support the creation of a Palestinian state with eastern Jerusalem as its capital.
- ^ "Israeli Arabs say no to Palestine". The Jerusalem Post. 4 February 2020.
Ahmad Tibi, a viciously anti-Zionist member of Israel's parliament
- ^ "The Treatment of the Holocaust in the Writings of Darwish and Tibi: Critique or Identification?" (PDF). Lancaster University.
Tibi, an Arab member of the Israeli Parliament and a known anti-Zionist
- ^ "Hadash-Ta'al". Israel Policy Forum.
- ^ "Arab-Israeli MK: In case of one-state solution, I would be prime minister". The Jerusalem Post. 16 February 2017.
Joint List lawmaker Ahmad Tibi urges Trump to learn the details of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and back the two-state solution.
- ^ ""הרעיון עדיין תקף": הפוליטיקה הערבית אחרי פירוק המשותפת". Mekomit. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Ta'al". European Council on Foreign Relations. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Udi Shaham (29 January 2021). "As Election Day approaches, Arab society is more fractured than ever". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Glickman, Aviad (12 January 2009). "Arab parties disqualified from elections". Ynetnews. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ Glickman, Aviad (21 January 2009). "Arab parties win disqualification appeal". Ynetnews. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Arab MK Tibi breaks away from the Joint List". Maariv Online. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Adam Rasgon (29 July 2019). "Nationalist Balad party announces it will run on Joint List in autumn elections". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Rasgon, Adam (3 March 2020). "Headed for 15 seats, Joint List chief claims 'huge' success, cites Jewish voters". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Staff writer; Aaron Boxerman (28 January 2021). "Knesset panel approves Joint List's breakup after talks with Ra'am faction fail". The Times of Israel.
- ^ Amit Segal (3 February 2021). "Joint List's breakup: Ra'am will run alone in the upcoming election". News 12. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Staff writer (28 January 2021). "Arab Joint List in Israel set to split ahead of March election". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b Jonathan S. Tobin (23 November 2019). "Who are the real anti-Zionists in Israel?". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ a b Marcy Oster (29 July 2019). "Israel's four main Arab political parties, after split, will again run as a bloc". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- Times of Israel. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "אחרי המהומות: ח"כ אחמד טיבי עלה למסגד אל-אקצא והתעמת עם לוחמי מג"ב". N12. 4 April 2022.
- ^ Joshua Leifer (16 February 2021). "Israel's Islamists Side with Netanyahu". Jewish Currents. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
External links
- Ta'al Knesset website