Negotiations over Arab joint list hit snag as Ahmad Tibi rejects proposed slate
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"Israel’s Arab parties failed to reach an agreement on a shared electoral slate proposed by an inter-party “reconciliation committee” on Sunday afternoon, leaving the Arab community’s prospects for representation in the next Knesset uncertain.According to national broadcaster Kan, MK Ahmad Tibi’s Ta’al party rejected the proposed slate with Hadash, a joint Jewish-Arab leftist faction incorporating Israel’s old Communist Party; and the secular nationalist Balad party.While Tibi did not release a statement, one member of his party said in an interview with Arabic media that the committee’s proposal was “unfair” and “a stab in the back” and that he considered the committee “biased and partisan.”In response, both Hadash and Balad released statements endorsing the list and calling for…
Negotiations among Israel's Arab parties for a unified electoral slate ahead of the October 27 election have stalled after MK Ahmad Tibi's Ta'al party rejected a proposed list on Sunday. The "reconciliation committee" proposal aimed to unite Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad, but a Ta'al member called it "unfair" and "a stab in the back," deeming the committee "biased and partisan." The proposed slate would have given Ta'al less representation than Hadash or Balad. Both Hadash and Balad endorsed the list, with Hadash chairman Yousef Jabareen welcoming it "as an expression of the public’s will." Negotiations are expected to continue, as a Hadash spokesman stated, "there is no other option."
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