But Sami Abou Shahadeh's colleague Ahmad Tibi is reportedly in talks with Lapid to throw coalition a lifeline and ostensibly prevent another election

Shabtai mentions recent cases of Joint List MKs hitting a police officer and helping a suspect escape police custody, says he 'won't abide' the harming of officers

Minister calls on fellow lawmakers to not 'amuse themselves' with moves that violate the coalition agreement after Blue and White pledges to bring equality bill to committee debate

Officers say Joint List lawmaker blocked Border Police trying to detain man near East Jerusalem church where relatives of slain reporter were gathering; Tibi claims cops are liars

Party heads reportedly respond 'there is nothing that can be done' after government lost Knesset majority; Lapid won't rule out working with Joint List to pass budget

Steering panel to announce decision Wednesday morning; party head reports progress toward ending freeze, but source insists Ra'am will still abstain, possibly imperiling coalition

Report claims Islamist party won't quit coalition but plans to keep freeze in place; Ra'am reportedly considering reuniting with Joint List

If Likud brings legislation for preliminary vote Wednesday and it passes, it must still clear further hurdles -- but the momentum it creates could be fatal for the government

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

MK says party will vote in favor if brought to vote; if it fails, opposition can't resubmit for 6 months; Ra'am reportedly holding talks with Joint List on reuniting