PM said to estimate he could get up to 5 Knesset seats from community he has been seen as vilifying until recently; Nazareth mayor says he 'believes' premier, lambasts Ayman Odeh

Joint List chief Ayman Odeh: Netanyahu must think Arab Israelis have a "short memory"; 19 arrested, including parliamentary aides, with one Joint List MK sent to hospital

Ali Salam calls on Arab lawmakers to join his new party, pointedly excluding Joint List head Odeh; former Haifa mayor Yona Yahav rumored to represent Jewish half of new faction