(AFP)According to a Times of Israel report, the Joint List is willing to back anti-Netanyahu parties from outside, even though it is doesn't want to actually be part of the government.
2 on the Joint List’.
They will recommend Gadi Eisenkot, the former IDF chief of staff, as the next prime minister, Farah said.
“Maybe the three seats of [the nationalist Arab party] Balad will refuse, but the others will probably recommend," Farah was quoted as saying.
He is part of an advocacy group for Arabs in Israel and was also supposed to be a Joint List candidate in the elections until he withdrew his candidature.
The Israeli elections ended in a stalemate on Thursday, with neither of the two main rival camps securing a clear majority. Amid suspense over what happens next, reports indicate that Ra'am and Joint List, the two main Arab parties that together secured 19 seats, may back the Opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot in a bid to oust PM Benjamin Netanyahu from power. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaking to the media after voting in Jerusalem on October 27, 2026, and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot addressing his supporters at the election night rally in Tel Aviv. (AFP)
According to a Times of Israel report, the Joint List is willing to back anti-Netanyahu parties from outside, even though it is doesn't want to actually be part of the government. “We want to help anyone who wants to bring down this awful government… and switch it for a different government. We want to be part of the correction, part of the hope," veteran Arab MK Ahmad Tibi was quoted as saying. The publication identified him as ‘No. 2 on the Joint List’.
Meanwhile, Jafar Farah, a key figure in the Arab political movement, told The Telegraph that both Ra'am and Joint List are expected to inform Israeli president Isaac Herzog of their willingness to back the Opposition bloc led by Eisenkot. They will recommend Gadi Eisenkot, the former IDF chief of staff, as the next prime minister, Farah said. “Maybe the three seats of [the nationalist Arab party] Balad will refuse, but the others will probably recommend," Farah was quoted as saying.
He is part of an advocacy group for Arabs in Israel and was also supposed to be a Joint List candidate in the elections until he withdrew his candidature.
