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Ta'al
תע״ל‎ •الحركة العربية للتغيير
Hebrew nameתנועה ערבית להתחדשות‎
Arabic nameالحركة 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 MKs3 (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, [lower-alpha 1] is an Arab nationalist political party in Israel led by Ahmad Tibi.

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History

Ta'al was founded by Tibi in the mid-1990s. It ran in the 1996 elections under the name Arab Union, but won only 2,087 votes (0.1%). For the 1999 elections it ran as part of the Balad list. Tibi won a seat, and broke away from Balad on 21 December that year. In the 2003 elections the party ran on a joint list with Hadash, with Tibi retaining his seat. On 7 February 2006 Tibi left the alliance with Hadash. For the 2006 elections the party ran on a joint list with the United Arab List, running as Ra'am–Ta'al (Ra'am is the Hebrew acronym for the UAL). On 12 January 2009, the Ra'am–Ta'al list was disqualified from the 2009 elections by the Central Elections Committee. Twenty-one committee members voted in favor of its disqualification, with eight members voting against and two members abstaining. Tibi said the decision was related to Operation Cast Lead, claiming "this is a racist country. We are accustomed to these types of struggles and we will win" and that "this decision strives for a Knesset without Arabs that will only lead to the increased solidarity between the Arab public and its leadership". He said he would appeal to the Israeli High Court of Justice. [16] On 21 January the High Court of Justice overturned the Committee's decision unanimously. Tibi welcomed the decision and said: "We have beaten fascism. This fight is over but the battle is not. Racism has become a trend in Israel ... the court's decision has righted a wrong by Kadima and Labor". [17] The list won four seats, with Tibi retaining his place in the Knesset.

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 secular. [23] [24] [25] Despite this the party was an ally of the Islamist United Arab List (Ra'am) and ran on their list between 2006 and 2015. Additionally their leader Tibi has been heavily criticized for homophobic comments in 2019. [26] Tibi is a Muslim himself. [27]

The party is described as (Arab) nationalist [24] [25] but more moderate compared to Balad. [28]

Election results

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–Status
1996 Ahmad Tibi 2,0870.07 (#19)
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1999 Part of Balad
1 / 120
Increase2.svg 1Opposition
2003 With Hadash [lower-alpha 2]
1 / 120
Steady2.svgOpposition
2006 With Ra'am
1 / 120
Steady2.svgOpposition
2009
1 / 120
Steady2.svgOpposition
2013
1 / 120
Steady2.svgOpposition
2015 Part of the Joint List
1 / 120
Steady2.svgOpposition
Apr 2019 With Hadash [lower-alpha 2]
2 / 120
Increase2.svg 1Snap election
Sep 2019 Part of the Joint List
2 / 120
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2020
3 / 120
Increase2.svg 1Opposition
2021
2 / 120
Decrease2.svg 1Opposition
2022 With Hadash [lower-alpha 2]
1 / 120
Decrease2.svg 1Opposition

Notes

  1. ↑ Ta'al is a Hebrew acronym for Tnua Aravit LeHithadshut Hebrew: תְּנוּעָה עֲרָבִית לְהִתְחַדְּשׁוּת, lit.  'Arab Movement for Renewal'. Its Arabic name is Al-Haraka al-'Arabiyya li-t-Tagyir (Arabic: الحركة العربية للتغيير, lit.  'Arab Movement for Change')
  2. 1 2 3 Hadash-Ta'al

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