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| Arab parties set to discuss potentially reuniting into Joint List bloc |
| 2025-08-12 |
Who is paying for it this time? The US State Department is in Republican hands, the usual government spigots are closed, and the Democratic Party doesn’t have nearly the funds to throw around as they are accustomed to. Private Progressive donors, perhaps, or or possibly a rich Arab… [IsraelTimes] The four Arab parties — Hadash, Ra;am, Ta’al and Balad — are set to meet tomorrow to discuss reviving the Joint List bloc ahead of the next elections, with the question of leadership shaping the talks, according to a source close to the joint Jewish-Arab party Hadash.The party is insisting that former Hadash MK Yusef Jabarin, who is expected to win Hadash’s October primaries, lead the list. Jabarin is well-known within the Arab community as an active political figure and is seen as a fresh, "statesmanlike" alternative to outgoing Hadash leader Ayman Odeh, who was recently almost expelled from the Knesset, although he is less well-known than Odeh among Jewish voters. Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian... the source says that Islamist Ra’am party’s Mansour Abbas and Ta’al’s Ahmad Tibi are willing to compromise on the leadership of the list to keep the alliance intact, though leaders want the Joint List to remain merely a technical alliance to allow them the option to split after the elections and join a governing coalition separately. As a result, Abbas, who may also step down from the leadership of the party, is reportedly insisting on at least five seats on the combined list in order to preserve Ra’am’s political influence and coalition potential. The source says that the meeting follows Balad’s recent agreement to rejoin the Joint List, albeit with "ideological" conditions. The secular-nationalist party is demanding that the list define clear red lines on the war, the current government and any future coalition. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... Balad’s position is largely symbolic, the source says, since, having failed to enter the Knesset in the last election, the party lacks leverage and knows it cannot run independently due to legal disqualification and funding shortages. Realistically, Balad is seeking two seats within the list. |
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