Left-wing party Meretz is in talks with Arab-majority parties over the possibility of running on a joint slate in Israel‘s September 17 election.

Hadash chairman Ayman Odeh did not rule out Meretz lawmaker Esawi Freige‘s proposal to Hadash and Ta’al, but made it clear that before considering a linkup, Hadash has committed to its supporters to try to reestablish the Joint List, which ran in the 2015 Knesset election.