Published: September 16, 2026 · Tedros Editorial
Beyahad's Ethiopian-Israeli HQ demanded representation — and the submitted list carries no community name
What was reported
On 30 August 2026 at 12:29, N12 published a report that the Ethiopian-Israeli HQ of the Beyahad party, led by Naftali Bennett, was threatening to leave the party if the head of the HQ, Alali Admasu, were not placed on its Knesset candidate list.
Per the report, the activists had worked for the party as volunteers for about a year — rallies, home gatherings, and building a database of some 50,000 community members — and demanded political representation in return.
Admasu is described in the report as a former Israeli ambassador to African states, a former Likud MK and an adviser to the prime minister. He called the party's refusal, per the report, "a spit in the face", and said:
> "After everything we did, the aim is to advance an agenda. As long as there is no representation — we are leaving."
A source close to the party said in that same report that a realistic slot on the list could not be guaranteed to him. Bennett's party did not comment on the article.
What happened since
Beyahad's list was published on 6 September 2026 at 20:11. We went through all 35 names on it, one by one. The name Alali Admasu does not appear on the list.
That is the precise statement available, and it is our limit: the name is not among the 35 published slots. It says nothing about what was or was not agreed between the parties, whether the HQ in fact left, or what happens next. We looked for a more recent statement from the party or the HQ and found none.
Why this is a separate article
Because it is not only a question of one name. It is a pattern that has repeated in at least three parties this cycle: organised community activity ahead of an election, a request for a slot, and an answer that does not come. We documented the same pattern at Likud, and in our separate piece on the complete representation map.
Tedros reports this as political fact, and takes no position on any party, any candidate, or the claims of either side.
What you can do with this
If the community's representation on the lists matters to you as a voting consideration, the full lists are published on the Central Elections Committee's site, and final approval is set for 27 September 2026. You can read the names yourself rather than rely on headlines — exactly as we did here.
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