Raam, a Hebrew acronym for United Arab List, is a moderate Islamist party headed by Mansour Abbas. In 2021, he agreed to join a short-lived coalition of Netanyahuâs opponents, making Raam the first Arab party to join an Israeli government.
The far-left Joint List, led by Yousef Jabareen, brings together three parties with a mixture of communist and Palestinian nationalist leanings.
Abbas and Jabareen told AFP they were ready â under certain conditions â to cooperate with the opposition, particularly the bloc of Netanyahuâs main rival Gadi Eisenkot, which is polling neck and neck with the premierâs.