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Joint List Chairman Offers Support to Oust Netanyahu
Yousef Jabareen, Chairman of the Joint List, announced his party is ready to help oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, proposing a Jewish-Arab partnership. With neither bloc holding a clear majority after 77% of votes were counted, Arab parties' support is crucial.
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What happened
- 01Joint List Chairman Yousef Jabareen declared readiness to help oust PM Netanyahu.
- 02Neither the Netanyahu bloc (54 mandates) nor the change bloc (49 mandates) has a clear majority.
- 03Arab parties, including the Joint List (11 seats) and Ra'am (6 seats), could be kingmakers.
- 04Jabareen proposed a Jewish-Arab partnership as an alternative to Netanyahu's government.
- 05The Joint List's support is not a blank check and will come with conditions.
- 06The decision to rely on Arab parties now rests with the change bloc leaders.
Jabareen's statement signals a potential path for the "change bloc" to form a government, but it is not a commitment to join a coalition, and demands are expected.
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