Yousef Jabareen on Israel

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Statement history

2 statements on this page. Dates: October 1, 2026 to October 15, 2026

2 matching statements. Dates: October 1, 2026 to October 15, 2026

2 published statements. Dates: October 1, 2026 to October 15, 2026

Condemned

2 published statements. Dates: October 1, 2026 to October 15, 2026

2 statements on this page. Dates: October 1, 2026 to October 15, 2026

Yousef Jabareen

Role at the time: Chairman of the Joint List

October 15, 2026Condemned

Statement summary

Jabareen says Smotrich and Netanyahu fear the Joint List's growing strength and accuses them of trying to frighten Arab voters with lies and racist campaigns.

“Smotrich and Netanyahu understand that they are on their way home and are afraid of the rising strength of the Joint List, which will be a decisive force in the election and will bring them down from power. That is why they are trying to intimidate the Arab public through lies and racist campaigns. (Translated from Hebrew. Original: סמוטריץ׳ ונתניהו מבינים שהם בדרך הביתה ומפחדים מכוחה העולה של הרשימה המשותפת, שתהיה כוח מכריע בבחירות ותפיל אותם מהשלטון. לכן הם מנסים להלך אימים על הציבור הערבי באמצעות שקרים וקמפיינים גזעניים.)”

Open source2,000 observers from the right will be stationed at Arab polling stations (Hebrew)Full article

Hebrew news report that sets out the Likud and Religious Zionism plan in the parties' own terms, including the claim of a long series of fraud incidents in previous elections, the fraud-risk mapping and the training of activists, many of them yeshiva students. It carries Yousef Jabareen's full response in Hebrew.

Why we used this label

The case looks at the plan to send about 2,000 party activists to polling stations in Arab communities. Jabareen calls it an attempt to intimidate Arab voters through lies and racism, so we used condemns.

Read statement Likud and Religious Zionism say they will send 2,000 activists to polling stations in Arab towns, citing fraud; critics call it voter intimidation

Yousef Jabareen

Role at the time: Hadash politician and former Knesset member

October 1, 2026Condemned

Statement summary

Jabareen criticized those seeking the disqualifications as racist and defended the democratic legitimacy of the Arab political representatives.

“Those seeking the disqualification are a gang of racists, Kahanists and admirers of the murderer Baruch Goldstein. (Translated from Hebrew. Original: מי שמבקש את הפסילה זו חבורה של גזענים, כהניסטים ומעריצי הרוצח ברוך גולדשטיין.)”

Open the original interviewYousef Jabareen on Abu Shehadeh's proposed election exclusionFirsthand remarks outside the court before the hearing

Jabareen spoke outside the court before its hearing on the proposed disqualifications, including Abu Shehadeh's. He defended the democratic legitimacy of Arab political representatives and criticized those seeking their exclusion.

Why we used this label

Yousef Jabareen criticizes Efforts to exclude Sami Abu Shehadeh from the 2026 Knesset election.

Read statement The effort to disqualify Sami Abu Shehadeh from Israel's 2026 election