Yousef Jabareen
Hadash leader; heads the Joint List, elected back to the Knesset
Yousef Jabareen gets an F
Score: 14 out of 100, the average of 6 measures. Graded on what Jabareen has said and done, because I count recorded votes only for the US Congress. Every line is below, with its source.
- FTyrannyAgainst liberty, 4 sources
- FFree nationsAgainst liberty, 2 sources
- FFree speechBoth ways, 2 sources
- FFree marketsBoth ways, 2 sources
- FEqual rightsAgainst liberty, 1 source
- FDefenseAgainst liberty, 2 sources
Jabareen, on the record
13 things Jabareen has said and done. Each one has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes in Congress. A line that doesn't settle the question is marked as not clear and counts for nothing.
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As a Knesset member he condemned the government's decision to outlaw the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.
“dangerous political persecution and a serious violation of a national minority's basic right for the freedom of expression, the freedom of religion, and the freedom of assembly”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Defending an Islamic organisation against a ban is opposing action against it.
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As a Knesset member he told the British newspaper Express that Israel applies a double standard on nuclear supervision and that talks with the Islamic Republic, not confrontation, were the way forward.
“Political negotiations and compromise are the key - any alternative would be a disaster for the entire world”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Arguing for compromise with Tehran in place of sanctions and pressure is opposing pressure on the Islamic Republic.
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Told Channel 12 news that Hadash, Ta'al and Balad had agreed to run with the Islamic party Ra'am on the terms Ra'am asked for, a technical joint list.
“Out of belief in the importance of the Joint List's success, we announced that we would also be ready for a technical list, as Ra'am demands”
In Hebrew:
מתוך אמונה בחשיבות הצלחת המשותפת, הכרזנו שנהיה מוכנים גם לרשימה טכנית כפי שדורשים ברע"ם
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
Ra'am is a legal party in Israel's parliament. Governing with it, or trying to bar it from the ballot, is judged by what the government then does, not by the religion of a partner, so this line does not settle the test.
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After he became its chairman, Hadash issued a statement calling on the government to stop the escalation with Iran and on opposition leaders to oppose a war.
“No to war with Iran. No to Netanyahu's eternal war.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Opposing military action against the Islamic Republic is the opposite of backing pressure on it.
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The platform of the Joint List, which he heads, commits the list to act to stop all of Israel's wars and calls the war against the Palestinians a war of annihilation.
“to act to halt all Israeli wars – chief among them the war of annihilation against the Palestinian people”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Pledging to halt all of the country's wars, including its defense against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, opposes that defense.
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The same platform calls the Gaza war a genocide and demands lifting the siege on Gaza and ending Israel's military control over it.
“We work to consolidate the cessation of the war and the genocide and prevent their resumption, to lift the siege on Gaza and end military control over it”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Calling the country's war against Hamas a genocide and demanding an end to its military control of Gaza goes against the country's defense.
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As a Knesset member he asked the attorney general to open a criminal investigation of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Israel Katz for incitement, over their remarks calling Joint List members supporters of terror.
“This is deranged incitement against the Arab public, and it is particularly serious when it comes from the mouth of a senior government minister against other elected officials from a weaker minority group”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Asking prosecutors to investigate politicians over what they said treats speech as a crime, whoever the target is.
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As a former Knesset member he said the arrests of Arab citizens over social media posts after 7 October 2023 had no legal basis and were meant to intimidate.
“the continued wave of arrests being carried out by Ben-Gvir's police over the past few weeks has been targeted against Arab youth, specifically students, and constitutes a system of intimidation and suppression.”
- By the test I use for votes
- With liberty
Speaking against arrests for things people wrote online is speaking against speech crimes.
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The same Joint List plan demands an end to all privatisation, the nationalisation of companies already privatised, and elsewhere rent control and a 30% tax on financial profits.
“We will demand the cancellation of all plans to privatise government-owned companies and social services, the nationalisation of companies and services that were already privatised”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Cancelling privatisation and nationalising companies is the opposite of privatisation and less state ownership.
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The same Joint List plan, next to its tax rises on financial profits and large companies, promises no income tax up to the average wage and a cut in value added tax to 10%.
“Alongside this, we will support an income tax exemption for employees and self-employed people earning up to the average wage in the economy, and lowering VAT, which hurts the most vulnerable, to 10%.”
- By the test I use for votes
- With liberty
An income tax exemption and a lower value added tax are tax cuts, whoever proposes them.
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As a Knesset member he drafted a Basic Law bill that would give the Arab minority a legal right to fitting representation in every state authority, institution and decision-making body.
“The Arab minority in the state is entitled to fitting and effective representation in all the state's governing authorities, in all its institutions, and in all its centres of decision-making”
In Hebrew:
המיעוט הערבי במדינה זכאי לייצוג הולם ואפקטיבי בכל רשויות השלטון של המדינה, בכל מוסדותיה, ובכל מוקדי קבלת ההחלטות בה
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
A law guaranteeing places in state bodies by national group is a quota by group.
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Hadash, under his leadership, said in a joint statement with Balad that it absolutely opposes any recruitment or service programme for Arab citizens, military or civilian.
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Rejecting every military recruitment programme for a fifth of the country's citizens opposes service the army draws on.
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The Joint List, which he heads, published a ten-point economic plan whose first point is a deep cut in military spending, with the money moved to social services, education and healthcare.
“A deep cut in military spending and an end to funding the war in Gaza, the settlements, and the occupation of the Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese territories.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
A programme that calls for a deep cut in military spending is a call to cut defence.
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