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'

Arab coalition party asks that legislation wait another two weeks, mulls how legalizing recreational use will be received by Arab community

MK rushed to hospital after feeling unwell, two days after diagnosis

MK sent home following tests and diagnosis; will return to Hadassah for additional monitoring; same condition hospitalized Ra'am chairman Abbas in April

Israel says measure stopping Palestinians from becoming citizens through marriage is key for security, but critics lament toll on family life and ask if justification still holds

Mansour Abbas refuses to confirm details of reported deal, but says a way will be found to 'maintain the coalition and solve the issue'; Ra'am no. 2 to reportedly vote against bill

Ze'ev Elkin, Mansour Abbas both confirm report but deny any connection to coalition's efforts to win party's backing for extending 'family reunification law'

Walid Taha calls the legislation, which is testing the nascent coalition, 'racist and anti-democratic'; new government lacks majority to extend 2003 law

PM Bennett meets with Interior Minister Shaked, Ra'am chief Abbas, New Hope's Elkin, after vote to extend law postponed thanks to impasse

Even with MK Mansour Abbas's $9.1 billion budget for Arab community, residents of Negev's unrecognized towns are skeptical promises will translate into reality