Arab-Israeli parties unite after Palestinian Authority involvement—report
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and other P.A. officials were involved in the process that led to the unification of three Arab-Israeli political parties into a technical bloc ahead of the Oct. 27 national election, in an effort to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming the next government, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Saturday.The P.A. exerted “heavy pressure” on the parties, the report stated.The concern in the P.A. was that running separately might lead to the failure of the parties to pass the 3.25% threshold of total votes to enter the Knesset. The three parties in question are the Communist and supposedly secular Hadash Party (with a minority Jewish presence), and the Arab nationalist parties Balad and Ta’al.The Arab parties announced on Aug. 19 their unification into the Joint List, but without Ra’am, also known as the United Arab List, led by lawmaker Mansour Abbas, which is expected to…
The Palestinian Authority (PA), including chief Mahmoud Abbas, reportedly intervened to unite three Arab-Israeli political parties—Hadash, Balad, and Ta’al—into a technical bloc ahead of Israel’s Oct. 27 national election. This effort aimed to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from forming the next government, with the PA exerting “heavy pressure” due to concerns that the parties might not individually meet the 3.25% Knesset threshold. The unified bloc, known as the Joint List, was announced on August 19, excluding Ra’am. Sources within the Joint List stated, “The decision to establish the Joint List was made for the benefit of the Arab public and at its request, and we say that we will do everything to bring down Netanyahu, regardless of pressure from any other element.” A senior PA official reportedly urged, “We must not repeat the mistakes of the previous election and allow Netanyahu to return to power.”
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