Surprise announcement by head of erstwhile Joint List catches some colleagues off guard, as MK said looking to make room for new blood -- or possibly run for Haifa mayor

Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish MK in Hadash-Ta'al, says that while he supports a nonviolent struggle, he does not 'expect the occupied and repressed to just sit and do nothing'

Drama over rotation deal splinters party into Hadash-Ta'al and Balad, in move that could help Netanyahu back to power; Labor and Meretz finalize independent runs, rebuffing Lapid

Netanyahu said to promise NIS 3 billion a year for ultra-Orthodox education to ensure joint run of Ashkenazi Haredi parties in UTJ; Meretz still willing to merge with Labor

Parties have been locked in fight over spots on slate with alliance projected to win 5-6 seats; Odeh says Lapid, Gantz 'will need to sweat a lot' to get Joint List's recommendation

Israeli TV network quotes unnamed Palestinian official who confirms that intelligence chief met Arab MKs but insists report about effort to interfere in election is false

MKs Aida Touma-Sliman and Ofer Cassif take 2nd and 3rd places; Joint List alliance has yet to divvy up spots on united roster

Yousef Maqladeh, who polls Arab Israelis for Ra'am and Joint List, says Ramadan tensions wounded party badly; 28% in community say Netanyahu best politician to be PM

Only Ra'am's Walid Taha attends Ukrainian president's address to the Knesset; no Joint List MKs present, with some refusing to condemn Russian invasion

Confirming TV report, Hadash leader says proposal 'harms the weak'; Abbas says happy for Arab-majority alliance to join coalition, but it is 'impossible to rely on their word'