Yousef Jabareen
Hadash chairman, former Knesset member; heads the Joint List
Yousef Jabareen gets an F
Score: 16 out of 100, the average of 6 measures. Graded on what Jabareen has said and done, because we count recorded votes only for the US Congress. Every line is below, with its source.
- FIran: the regimeAgainst liberty, 2 sources
- FMilitaryAgainst liberty, 2 sources
- FIslamizationAgainst liberty, 2 sources
- FCapitalismBoth ways, 2 sources
- FFree speechBoth ways, 2 sources
- FAnti-wokeAgainst liberty, 1 source
Jabareen, on the record
11 things Jabareen has said and done. Each one has its source, and each is marked with the same test we use for votes in Congress. A line that does not settle the question is marked as not clear and counts for nothing.
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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 Iran, 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 we 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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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 we use for votes
- Against liberty
Opposing military action against the Islamic Republic is the opposite of backing pressure on it.
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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 we 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, the settlements, and the occupation.”
- By the test we 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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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 we use for votes
- Against liberty
Defending an Islamic organisation against a ban is opposing action against it.
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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 we use for votes
- Against liberty
Offering to share an election list with the Islamic party Ra'am is working with an Islamic political organisation, whoever does it.
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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 privatisation plans, the nationalisation of companies that were privatised, democratisation in the management of government-owned companies, and the repeal of the undemocratic Economic Arrangements Law, which for years allowed cuts to welfare and the promotion of privatisations.”
- By the test we 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 to 10%.”
- By the test we 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 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 we 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 we use for votes
- With liberty
Speaking against arrests for things people wrote online is speaking against speech crimes.
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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 we use for votes
- Against liberty
A law guaranteeing places in state bodies by national group is a quota by group.
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