{"id":3459,"date":"2026-10-28T22:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:03:56","slug":"israeli-arab-leader-says-ready-to-back-opposition-led-govt-but-not-in-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3459","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Arab leader says ready to back opposition-led govt but not in coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The leader of a key Israeli Arab party told AFP<\/em> on Wednesday that he was willing to cooperate with an opposition-led government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but was not open to joining such a coalition outright.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not see the possibility of being part of an Israeli government coalition under the current political circumstances, particularly given the ongoing war in Gaza, the settlements in the West Bank, and other issues,\u201d the Joint List\u2019s Yousef Jabareen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, with the aim of bringing down this government, it would be possible for us to support an alternative government from outside the coalition.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>Netanyahu\u2019s Likud accuses Arab parties<\/h3>\n

Meanwhile, Netanyahu\u2019s Likud accused Arab parties of having stolen the country\u2019s election, after partial results showed they could play a kingmaking role in forming a new government.<\/p>\n

The premier, who has used Arab Israeli parties throughout the election to stoke fears of a Palestinian state, had levelled a similar accusation while voting was underway on Tuesday, urging his own supporters to turn out in force.<\/p>\n

His Likud party said in a statement Wednesday that the election was \u201cstolen by Arab parties who support terrorism and the annihilation of the Jewish state\u201d, accusing them of \u201ccorruption, threats, violence, falsehoods and the use of prohibited software\u201d to encourage voter turnout.<\/p>\n

It added that it was submitting testimonies and evidence to the authorities, alleging \u201cthousands of envelopes filled with cash and Raam ballots, threats and violence against polling station officials\u201d, and other irregularities.<\/p>\n

With more than 85 per cent of ballots counted, Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing bloc is slightly ahead with 53 projected seats in the 120-member Knesset, and his main rival Gadi Eisenkot\u2019s bloc set for 48.<\/p>\n

With neither bloc likely to hit the 61-seat threshold for a majority, the two Arab Israeli groupings, Joint List and Raam, find themselves in a potentially decisive position, with a projected 19 seats between them.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu on Tuesday had accused Arab parties, and Raam in particular, of \u201ctrying to steal the election\u201d, citing reports of individuals being arrested with envelopes of cash.<\/p>\n

Acting Central Elections Committee director general Dean Livne referred to the incident as \u201cunusual\u201d, saying that \u201cpolice, even before people arrived at the polling stations, caught individuals who tried to bribe voters\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added that the unidentified suspects were caught near their homes, and that the case was isolated and under investigation.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed three people had been arrested overnight on suspicion of trying to buy votes for Raam, saying envelopes and more than 24,000 shekels (around $7,900) in cash were seized.<\/p>\n

Raam leader Mansour Abbas accused Netanyahu of \u201clying and inciting against\u201d his party, and using it \u201cto mobilise right-wing voters\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his message on Tuesday, the premier had told supporters: \u201cNo barbecues, don\u2019t go to the beach \u2014 go to the polling station and vote Likud.\u201d<\/p>\n

The party of Netanyahu\u2019s main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, accused the premier at the time of \u201claying the groundwork to challenge the results\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The leader of a key Israeli Arab party told AFP on Wednesday that he was willing to cooperate with an opposition-led government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but was not open to joining such a coalition outright. \u201cWe do not see the possibility of being part of an Israeli government coalition under the current political circumstances, particularly given the ongoing war in Gaza, the settlements in the West Bank, and other issues,\u201d the Joint List\u2019s Yousef Jabareen said. \u201cHowever, with the aim of bringing down this government, it would…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}