Headline from Friday, August 23rd, edition of Yidioth Ahronoth superimposed over a photograph of the leaders of the four parties comprising the Joint List, after they submitted their list of candidates to the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee, on Thursday, August 1; from left to right: Balad’s Mtanes Shehadeh, Hadash’s Ayman Odeh, Ta’al’s Ahmad Tibi, and Ra’am’s Mamsour Abbas. The headline reads: "Exclusive: Ayman Odeh Changes the Historic Position of the Arab Parties – 'Ready to Join a Center-Left Coaltion.'"

Zionist Blue & White Rejects Joint List Participation in Any Coalition

The main Zionist opposition party, Kahol Lavan (Blue & White), said Thursday, August 22, that the Joint List is not a likely candidate to join a coalition they hope to lead after the September 17 elections. Blue & White MK Asaf Zamir told that “there is no possibility for cooperation with Odeh’s list.” Joint List…