Said Amori and Mohammad Sio<\/p>\n
10 October 2026\u2022Update: 10 October 2026<\/p>\n
Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen said Saturday that the Arab political alliance can help bring down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and set conditions for any future governing coalition.<\/p>\n
“In our hands is the ability to bring down this government and impose our conditions on any political formation after the election,” Jabareen said in a speech released by his office.<\/p>\n
He pledged to use “all available tools” to bring about a change in government.<\/p>\n
“According to all the data, there is no alternative government to the government of Netanyahu, (National Security Minister Itamar) Ben-Gvir and (Finance Minister Bezalel) Smotrich that can be formed without negotiating with the Joint List,” he said.<\/p>\n
Jabareen described the upcoming vote as “not an ordinary election, but an existential election concerning our future in our homeland, which is the only one we have.”<\/p>\n
He accused the Israeli government of “continuous targeting and unprecedented escalation against Arab citizens across different aspects of their lives.”<\/p>\n
He also warned that government policies were leading the country and the region “toward the abyss.”<\/p>\n
Jabareen said the unification of different parties and political circles under the Joint List followed demands from the Arab community for greater political unity.<\/p>\n
“The Joint List today represents the broadest possible unity within our community among different parties and circles around a common goal,” he said.<\/p>\n
He added that such unity gives Arab citizens greater political leverage.<\/p>\n
‘Safety net first for our people’<\/p>\n
Jabareen said: “We will be a safety net, but first and foremost a safety net for our people.”<\/p>\n
He said the bloc’s demands would include combating crime through a clear plan with a timetable, budget and oversight mechanisms.<\/p>\n
Other demands include ending home demolitions, approving master plans, providing land for young couples and recognizing unrecognized Arab villages in the Negev, he added.<\/p>\n
“Whoever wants our support should come and negotiate with us over the demands of our community,” he said.<\/p>\n
Jabareen also said the Joint List would not remain silent over “genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.”<\/p>\n
He condemned incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, attacks on worshippers, restrictions on the Muslim call to prayer and attacks on churches, monasteries and clergy.<\/p>\n
The election offered an opportunity to strengthen the political representation of Arab citizens of Israel, he added.<\/p>\n
An Israeli opinion poll published Friday indicated that the Jewish opposition would need the support of Arab lawmakers to form an alternative government to Netanyahu’s coalition.<\/p>\n
The poll also showed that a majority of Israelis opposed Arab parties joining the next government in the 120-member Knesset, Israel’s parliament.<\/p>\n
Recent polls have shown neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the Jewish opposition able to secure a governing majority independently ahead of the election scheduled for Oct. 26.<\/p>\n
Most leaders of Jewish opposition parties have publicly rejected relying on Arab lawmakers to form an alternative government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Said Amori and Mohammad Sio 10 October 2026\u2022Update: 10 October 2026 Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen said Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-642677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}