Joint List Head Offers Parliamentary Support for Netanyahu Alternative
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
Yousef Jabareen, head of the Joint List, has officially stated the party is willing to offer parliamentary support to an alternative government replacing Benjamin Netanyahu's. This support is conditional on negotiations addressing the Arab community's demands and will not compromise core principles. Jabareen described the current political climate as dangerous and the upcoming elections as existential, urging Arab unity. The Joint List's support would focus on issues like crime, housing, unrecognized villages, and a Palestinian political horizon.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Joint List head Yousef Jabareen officially offered parliamentary support for a government replacing Netanyahu.
- Jabareen stated support is conditional on negotiations for Arab community demands, not a blank check.
- He called the current period dangerous and upcoming elections existential, urging Arab unity.
- The Joint List's support would focus on crime, housing, unrecognized villages, and Palestinian political horizon.
- Jabareen rejected supporting budgets for war, settlements, or endorsing Jewish supremacy.
Yousef Jabareen, head of the Joint List party, has officially declared the list's readiness to provide parliamentary support for any government aiming to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current administration. Jabareen emphasized that this offer does not signify a compromise on the party's core principles and national stances. He stated that the Joint List is open to serious political negotiations to advance the demands of the Arab community in Israel.
In a video message released prior to elections, Jabareen explained that the Joint List is prepared to negotiate with any entity seeking to form an alternative government, noting that "no alternative government to the Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir-Smotrich government can be formed without negotiating with the Joint List." He stressed that any support would be conditional on clear agreements and specific terms addressing the urgent needs of the Arab community, not a blank check.
Jabareen described the current period as potentially "the most dangerous in the history of our people," citing rising fascism, racism, and continuous targeting by a government he believes is leading the region to ruin. He characterized the upcoming elections as "existential and fateful," necessitating the broadest possible political unity among Arab citizens to enhance their influence.
He reiterated that genuine influence and achievements would not come at the cost of approving war budgets, settlements, the Nation-State Law, or endorsing Jewish supremacy. Jabareen also reaffirmed a firm rejection of silence regarding the "genocide in Gaza," ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and attacks on churches and clergy.
Jabareen concluded by stating the Joint List would act as a "safety net" solely for fundamental issues concerning the people, including a clear plan and budgets to combat crime, provision of structural maps and housing solutions for young couples, recognition of unrecognized villages in the Negev, and the establishment of a genuine political horizon for the Palestinian people. He asserted that a larger Joint List translates to greater strength and influence.
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