Hadash MK Ayman Odeh among Time’s “100 Global Rising Stars”

Time magazine is augmenting its list of the most influential people of the year by releasing a list of “rising stars,” or what it calls the “Time 100 Next.” The list features what the publication says is an increasing number of influential people who are not establishment types — the so called “world leaders.”

The new list includes a sole Israeli citizen, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash). Odeh, is a 44-year-old Arab lawmaker who leads the Joint List, a coalition of Hadash and three Arab political parties.

MK Ayman Odeh, Senator Bernie Sanders and Hadash feminist activist Maisam Jaljuli, during the last J Street conference held in Washington, October 29, 2019

MK Ayman Odeh, Senator Bernie Sanders and Hadash feminist activist Maisam Jaljuli, during the last J Street conference held in Washington, October 29, 2019 (Photo: Al Ittihad)

“As the contest for leadership of the self-declared Jewish state teetered between right-wing and centrist factions, Odeh emerged not only as a possible kingmaker but also as a stirring new voice for equality and inclusion,” writes Karl Vick, Time’s former Jerusalem bureau chief.