Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today In 2015, the Joint List managed to create something larger than parliamentary arithmetic, representing a rare moment of collective political visibility and dignity for many. The problem today is not fragmentation between Arab parties, but the collapse of the public's belief that parliamentary politics can protect themShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeNagham Zbeedat07:57 PM • May 25 2026 IDTArab parties announced this week that they may once again unite under a joint electoral slate. Statements were issued. Conditions were clarified. Disagreements remained.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesIran DealGazaTrumpWhite House ShootingSettler ViolenceJewish Soccer PlayersHaQuizHaaretz PodcastBrooklyn Co-op Vote to Boycott Israeli Products Spills Into Midterm PoliticsBank of Israel Cuts Interest Rates as Iran Tensions Ease and Inflation SlowsIsrael's Top Court: Recognizing Ex-soldiers Who Die by Suicide Requires New LawTrump Urges All Countries Mediating Iran Deal to Normalize Israel TiesIsrael's Arab Parties United. Power Struggles Still Stand in the WayRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in Kentucky'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`World Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists Video