The Arab-majority Hadash, Ta’al and Balad parties announced on Wednesday that they have agreed to run on a joint slate in the upcoming Knesset election, apparently resurrecting the Joint List slate.
Hadash chairman Yousef Jabareen will head the list, followed by Ta’al chief Ahmad Tibi and Balad chair Sami Abou Shahadeh, according to a Hadash spokesman.
The three parties have been in talks for weeks, but Tibi had been holding out, as he sought better terms for himself and a second lawmaker from his party. Ta’al is seen as the least popular of the three parties.
Balad is a secular, hardline, nationalist party, while Ta’al and Hadash are seen as more moderate, with the latter also being socialist.
The fourth spot on the list will go to Hadash’s Jafar Farah, the fifth will be Balad’s Bakhar Awawdeh and Hadash MK Ofer Cassif will take the sixth place on the slate.
