Crisis in Forming the Joint List: The Compromise Proposal - and Tibi's Sense of Grievance

Negotiations to form a joint list of Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad have reached a dead end after Ta'al rejected the reconciliation committee's outline, claiming it discriminates against the party. Hadash welcomed the proposal, and the chairman of the national committee for Arab local authorities, Mazen Ghanaim, offered mediation and warned of harm to voter turnout.

The crisis in forming the joint list of the three Arab parties – Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad – deepened this week, after the reconciliation committee established to bridge between the sides presented an outline for seat distribution, but Ta'al, headed by MK Ahmad Tibi, rejected it, claiming it discriminates against the party and its voters. According to the outline, Yosef Jabareen of Hadash was placed first, Tibi second, and Sami Abu Shahadeh of Balad third. Ta'al argued that the proposal was "tendentious, strange, and outrageous," and that four committee members opposed it and two resigned. In contrast, Hadash welcomed the decision and called for progress. Meanwhile, the mayor of Sakhnin and chairman of the national committee for Arab local authorities, Mazen Ghanaim, offered the mediation services of the local authorities, warning that without a voter turnout of 65% to 70% in the Arab community, the right would return to form the government. Ghanaim also welcomed the possibility that retired police commander Yoav Segalovich would join Ra'am.