THE ninth congress of Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) and a conference of the Israeli Communist Party (Maki) took place virtually on Saturday January 16, with over 200 delegates in attendance.
The meetings happened in preparation for a fourth general election in two years and reaffirmed the important role of Hadash as part of the Joint List coalition in the Knesset (Israeli parliament), after recent events led to division within it.
The Joint List coalition is comprised of four political parties, of which Hadash is an important parliamentary force and the home party of its leader, Ayman Odeh.
Israel’s coalition government, consisting of PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party, dissolved after failing to receive parliamentary approval for its recent budget law.